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Sanitary Authority. The owner will be entitled to any
surplus, and liable to any expenses, resulting from the
removal and sale of such matter. (Sec. 35.)
The Sanitary Authority may by their own servants, or
through contractors, collect and remove the manure and
other refuse matter from any stables and cowhouses within
their district, the occupiers of which signify their consent
in writing to such removal. (Sec. 36).
Power is given to the Sanitary Authority to enforce
sufficient and suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary
conveniences for factories, workshops, and work places,
and, where both sexes are employed, proper accommodation
for each sex. (Sec. 38.)
Public conveniences, including lavatories, may be provided
by the Sanitary Authority, and for this purpose the
subsoil of any road, exclusive of the footway adjoining any
building, or the curtilage of a building is vested in such
authority. (Sec. 44.)
Persons having the use of sanitary conveniences in
common are to keep the same, the fittings thereof, and
approaches thereto, in clean condition; any such person
who is in default is liable to a penalty, and if the particular
person in default cannot be ascertained, each of the persons
having the use in common is liable to a penalty. (Sec.
46.)
The law in regard to unsound food is considerably
strengthened, and a second conviction within twelve months
may be punished by a notice of the facts being affixed to
the offender's premises for any period not exceeding twentyone
days. (Sec. 47.)