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Part III. deals with Working Class Lodging Houses, and the
County Council is the local authority.
Part IV. is mainly supplemental. It however (Sec. 76)
enables the London County Council to appoint its own
Medical Officers of Health, and such officers are to be
deemed medical officers of any local authority under
the Act. It also provides (Sec. 81) that the local
authority may delegate any of its powers to a Committee
subject to certain reservations.
Parts V. and VI. apply to Scotland and Ireland respectively.
Part VII. deals with the repeal of existing statutes and enacts
certain temporary provisions.
A reference to page 74 will show that the Vestry has not
been backward in putting the provisions of this Act
into force.
Infectious Diseases Prevention Act.—This Act is the logical
outcome of the Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act of the
Session of 1889, and the terms used, including infectious
disease, are to have the same meaning as in that Act. Powers
are given for inspection of dairies and for if necessary
prohibiting supplies of milk, for the compulsory disinfection of
houses and bedding, and for prohibiting the occupation of houses
unless properly disinfected and the retention of the bodies
of persons who have died from infectious diseases. The
Vestry is the local authority. A copy of the report of the
Sanitary Committee upon this Act will be found in the
Appendix.
The London Council (General Powers) Act.—The only provisions
of this Act which directly affect the Vestry are contained in
Sees. 28 and 32. The former provides for an appeal against
a decision of the Superintending Architect of the London
County Council with regard to lines of frontage. The latter
requires notice to be given to the Vestry or District Board of
intention to build or take down any building within 10 feet
of any public way, and provides for the erection of proper
hoardings.
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