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Under the above Act it has been proposed to apply it to Turner's
Court, in accordance with Part 2. Several plans have been
suggested, and two deputations of the Vestry have waited upon
committees of the London County Council, with the object of coming
to some understanding for the improvement of the said area; also
a vast amount of correspondence has passed between your Vestry
and the London County Council, but, as yet, nothing definite has
been arrived at.
Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act.
The following is a summary of this Act:—
Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890.
Under this Act dairies, milk-shops, or any place from which
milk is supplied may be inspected, and where infectious disease is
attributable to the milk supplied, such supply may be prohibited.
Local authorities have power summarily to disinfect premises and
infected articles. Persons may not cease to occupy houses without
previous disinfection, must give notice to the owners, and may not
make false answers. No body of a person who has died of an
infectious disease may be retained (except in a mortuary), for more
than 48 hours without the sanction of a medical practitioner.
Bodies of persons so dying in any hospital or place of temporary
accommodation may be removed therefrom only for burial, except
with the like sanction and except to a mortuary. Justices may
order bodies to be buried, and the detention of infected persons in
hospital in default of proper lodging elsewhere. Corpses may not
be carried in a public conveyance, except a hearse, without notice to
the owner or driver, who shall immediately disinfect the conveyance
Infectious rubbish must not be cast into ash-pits or other
receptacles without previous disinfection. Local authorities must
provide, free of charge, temporary shelter for persons who have
been compelled to leave their dwellings for purposes of disinfection.
The provisions of the Act came into operation on the 4th
December, 1890.