Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Provided also that it shall not bo an offence against this Byelaw
to lay any ashes or other suitable material in any street in time
of frost to prevent accidents.
6.—Every person who shall lay or cause to be laid in any
street any litter or other matter in case of sickness to prevent noise,
shall lay the same so that it may bo evenly distributed over the
surface of the part of the street intended to be covered, and shall,
when the occasion ceases, within forty-eight hours thereafter
remove or cause to be removed from such street the litter or other
matter so laid in such street.
For preventing nuisances arising from, any offensive matter
running out of any manufactory, brewery, slaughter-house,
knacker's yard, butcher's or fishmonger's shop, or dunghill,
into any uncovered place, whether or not surrounded by a
wall or fence.
7.—The occupier of a manufactory, brewery, slaughter-house,
knacker's yard, butcher's or fishmonger's shop, or of any premises
comprising a dunghill, shall not cause or suffer any offensive matter
to run out of such manufactory, brewery, slaughter-house, knacker's
yard, butcher's or fishmonger's shop, or dunghill, into any uncovered
place, whether or not surrounded by a wall or fence, so as
to bo likely to becomc a nuisance.
For the prevention of the keeping of animals on any premises
in such place or manner as to be a nuisance or injurious or
dangerous to health.
6.—Tho occupier of any premises shall not keep nor allow to
be kept any animal on such promises in such a place or in such a
manner as to pollute, or to be likely to pollute, any water supplied
for use or used or likely to be used by man for drinking or
domestic purposes, or for manufacturing drink for the use of man,
or any water used or likely to be used in any dairy.
9.—Every occupier of a building or premises wherein or
whereon any horso or other beast of draught or burden, or any
cattle may be kept, shall deposit or cause to be deposited in a