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For the registration of houses so let or occupied.
For the inspection of such houses.
For enforcing drainage for such house?, and for promoting
cleanliness and ventilation in the eame.
For the cleansing and lime-washing, at stated times,
of the premises.
For the taking of precautions in cast- of an infectious
disease.
Section 95. (2) For promoting cleanliness in, and the
habitable condition of tents, vans, sheds, and similar
structures used for human habitation, and for preventing
the spread of infectious disease by the persons inhabiting
the same, and generally for the prevention of
nuisances in connexion with the same.
By sections 16 and 39, the County Council is required to
make bye-laws, viz.:—
Section 16. (2) For prescribing the times for the removal or
carriage, by road or water, of any fcrcal, offensive or
noxious matter or liquid in or through London, and
providing that the carriage or vessel used therefor shall
be properly constructed and covered so as to prevent the
escape of any such matter or liquid and as to prevent
any nuisance arising therefrom.
As to the closing and filling up of cesspools and
privies, and the removal and disposal of refuse,
and as to the duties of the occupier of any premises in
connexion with house refuse, so as to facilitate the
removal of it by the scavengers of the Sanitary
Authority.
Section 39. (1) With respect to waterclosets, earth-closets,
privies, ash-pits, cesspools and receptacles for dung,
and the proper accessories thereof in connexion with
buildings, whether constructed before or after the passing
of the Act.
and it is made the duty of the Sanitary Authority to observe
and enforce such bye-laws.
The Act comes into operation on the 1st January, 1892,
It will require very careful consideration on the part of the
authorities charged with its administration, and special
arrangements will have to be made, without delay, for giving
effect to its provisions; especially those which relate to the
cleansing of the streets and footways. The Board has
already referred it to the Paving and General Purposes Committee
and Sanitaiy Committee for consideration, either conjointly
or separately, and it will be one of the first matters to
engage the attention of the Board after the recess.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1891.
This Act also received the Royal Assent on the 5th August,
1891, and is intended to amend the Factory and Workshop