The Public Health Act, 1875, (38 & 39 Vict., cap. 55) ; The Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876, (39 & 40 Vict., cap. 75) ; The Public Health (Water) Act, 1878, (41 & 42 Vict., cap. 25) ; and the Public Health (Interments) Act, 1879, (42 & 43 Vict., cap. 31) / preceded by a complete index to the same by Frederic Stratton.

  • United Kingdom
Date:
1880
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Credit: The Public Health Act, 1875, (38 & 39 Vict., cap. 55) ; The Rivers Pollution Prevention Act, 1876, (39 & 40 Vict., cap. 75) ; The Public Health (Water) Act, 1878, (41 & 42 Vict., cap. 25) ; and the Public Health (Interments) Act, 1879, (42 & 43 Vict., cap. 31) / preceded by a complete index to the same by Frederic Stratton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict., Chapter 55. An Act for consolidating and amending the Acts relating to Public Health in England, [nth August, 1875.] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : PAET I. PRELIMINARY. Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Health Act, 1875. Extent of Act. 2. This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland, nor (save as by this Act is expressly provided) to the metropolis. Division of Act into Parts. 3. This Act is divided into parts, as follows: Part I.—Preliminary. Part II.—Authorities for execution of-Act. Part III.—Sanitary Provisions. Part IV.—Local Government Provisions. Part V.—General Provisions. Part VI.—Rating and Borrowing Powers, &c. Part VII.—Legal Proceedings. Part VIII.—Alteration of Areas and Union of Districts. Part IX.—Local Government Board. Part X.—Miscellaneous and Temporary Provisions. Part XL—Saving Clauses and Repeal of Acts. Definitions. 4. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the following words and expressions have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them; that is to say, Borough means any place for the time being subject to the Act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Eng- land and Wales, and any Act amending the same : ■ . '