The health officer's pocket-book : a guide to sanitary practice and law for medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors, members of sanitary authorities, etc. / by Edward F. Willoughby.

  • Willoughby, Edward Francis, 1840-1906.
Date:
1902
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Credit: The health officer's pocket-book : a guide to sanitary practice and law for medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors, members of sanitary authorities, etc. / by Edward F. Willoughby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the said P.H.A., 1875, hath this day aj)peared before us [or me] to answer the matter of tlie said complaint. satisfaction that a true copy of a summons requiring the owner [or occupier] of the said pre- mises [or the said A.B.] to appear this day before us [or me] hath been duly served according to the said Act and the H.W.C.A. 1890. Now on proof here had before us [or me] that the said premises are in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be U.n.H., we [or I] in pursuance of the said Acts do prohibit the using of the premises for the purpose of H.E. imtil in our [or my] judgment they are rendered fit for that purpose. Given under the hand and seal of &c., &c. Definitions of Unfitness fok Human Habitation. 1. A house may be considered so dangerous or injurious to health as to be permanently unfit for human habitation, which— {a) By reason of age or decay has become so dilajiidated or worn out, as to be practically incajDable of repair, or— (&) Having been originally constructed of bad or improper materials, is offensive and unw'holesome, or is— (c) Incapable of being sufficiently drained, or—■ (d) Has been erected upon an improx3er foundation, or without proper damp course, so that it is impregnated with foul air, or is incurably damp, or— (c) Is without, and incapable of being provided with proper lighting, and through ventilation. 2. A house may be considered to be temporarily unfit for human habitation, which is in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, whether— (a) From dilapidations so as not to be protective of its inmates, or— ih) From want of light and ventilation, or— (c) From dampness of a temporary character, or— {d) From defective drainage arrangements, leading to in- cursions of sewer-air, or— (c) From a defective or ill-placed water-closet incapal.ile of being lighted and ventilated from the outside, or— {f) From the want of a wholesome water supply due to whatever cause, or— (fir) From the want of a separate water supply for the service of each water-closet, or-— (A) From general dirtiness.