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West Ham Corporation Act, 1900.
Section 55.
As from the coming into operation of any bye-law made by the
Corporation under the provisions of Section 70 of the West Ham
Corporation (Improvements) Act, 1888, or of the Section 26 of the
Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, for the like object Subsection
4 of Section 60 of the 2 and 3 Victoria c. 47, shall cease to be
in force within the Borough.
Medical Officer of Health's Report, 21st November, 1900.
Clause H.
Removal of Fish Offal.
The following Bye-law regulates the removal of Fish Offal in the
Metropolis:—
"Every person who shall remove or carry by road or
water in or through London any fæcal or offensive or noxious
matter or liquid, whether such matter or liquid shall be in
course of removal or carriage from within or without or
through London, shall not remove or carry such matter or
liquid in or through London, except between the hours of 4
o'clock and 10 o'clock in the forenoon during the months of
March, April, May, June, July, August, September and
October, and except between the hours of 6 o'clock in the forenoon
and 12 o'clock at noon during the months of November,
December, January and February. Such person shall use a
suitable carriage or vessel properly constructed and furnished
with a sufficient covering, so as to prevent the escape of any
such matter or liquid therefrom, and so as to prevent any
nuisance arising therefrom.