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. Saviour's]
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STEAM ORGANS, SHOOTING GALLERIES, ROUNDABOUTS, etc
1. (a). No person shall in any street, or on any land
adjoining or near thereto, use or play, or cause to be used
or played, any steam organ or other musical instrument
worked by mechanical means, to the annoyance or disturbance
of residents or passengers.
(6). No person shall in any street, or on any land
adjoining or near thereto, keep or manage, or cause to be
kept or managed, a shooting gallery, swing boat, roundabout,
or any other construction of a like character, so as to
cause obstruction or danger to the traffic of any such street.
NOISY ANIMALS.
2. No person shall keep within any house, building,
or premises, any noisy animal which shall be, or cause a
serious nuisance to residents in the neighbourhood. Provided
that no proceedings shall be taken against any person
for an offence against this bye-law until after the expiration
of a fortnight from the date of the service on such person of
a notice alleging a nuisance, signed by not less than three
householders residing within hearing of the animal.
LIGHTS TO VEHICLES.
3. (This bye-law has been superseded by the one quoted
below.)
STREET BETTING.
4. No person shall frequent and use any street or
other public place on behalf, either of himself or of any
other person, for the purpose of book-making or betting, or
wagering, or agreeing to bet or wager with any person, or
paying or receiving or settling bets.
PENALTY.
5. Any person who shall offend against any of the
foregoing bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to
a fine not exceeding 40s., except in the case of the bye-law
relating to street betting, the fine for the breach of which
shall be an amount not exceeding £5.
LIGHTS TO VEHICLES.
On the 21st June, 1899, the Council made the following
bye-law in substitution for the previous one:—