Precautions to be taken by local authorities towards preventing the spread of small pox / by James B. Hutchins.

  • Hutchins, J. B. (James B.)
Date:
[1871?]
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Credit: Precautions to be taken by local authorities towards preventing the spread of small pox / by James B. Hutchins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    purpose; and it may often be a useful arrange- ment if the Poor Law and Sanitary Authorities of the same district should thus combine. The Local Authorities, whose duty it is to see to Disinfection, are the Nuisance Authorities, under the Nuisances Removal and Sanitary Acts ;^ and large powers are given to them by the Sanitary Act, 1866, for the purpose of preventing the spread of infectious and contagious diseases. Thus they have power a. to require premises and articles to be cleansed and disinfected ; (Sec. 22.) d. to provide a proper place, with all neces- sary apparatus and attendance, for the disin- fection of articles (such as bedding, clothing, &c.) as may have become infected, and to cause any articles brought for the purpose of disinfection to be disinfected free of charge ; (Sec. 23.) ^ The Nuisance Authorities are— In][the Metropolis In places where the Public Health and Local Government Acts are in force. In the City of London In corporate towns (except the City of London, Oxford, and Cambridge) In Oxford and Cambridge Where Local Improvement Acts are in force Where none of the above-mentioned authorities exist A 3 The Vestries and District Boards under the Metro- polis Local Management Act. The Local Board. The Commissioners of Sewers. The Town Council. The Inprovement Comnus- sioners. The Commissioners Trus- tees for the execution of such Acts. The Board of Guardians of the Union ; and if there be no such Board, the Over- seers of the Poor.