The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown.

  • Bernard, William Cecil.
Date:
1891
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Credit: The Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. C. 70) : with notes and introduction, the forms prescribed under the Act, and all existing enactments upon the subject. Table of cases and index / by W. C. Bernard, and H. Morgan-Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    There are also seven schedules, setting ont respec- tively :— I. Who are the local authority, and what is the local rate in any given district under the Act. II. Provisions with respect to the compulsory pur- chase of lands, &c. III. Proceedings for closing premises. IV. Certain forms under section 32. V. Certain forms under sections 36 and 37. VI. Provisions as to hye-laws under section 62. VII. Enactments repealed under section 102. Part I. Unhealthy Areas. Objects of Part I.—Part I. has for its object the elimination of unhealthy areas in any of the under- mentioned districts through the execution of improve- ment schemes by the local authority. Its provisions are for the most part taken from the Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Acts, 1875 to 1885, commonly known as Cross's Acts. Application.—Local Authority.—This part of the Act, including any confirming Act [ss. 2, 8 (6)], has no application to rural sanitary districts [s. 3]. It applies to— The County of London (local authority, the London County Council); The City of London (local authority, the Commis- sioners of Sewers for the City of London); and Urban sanitary districts (local authority, the urban sanitary authority) [ss. 92, 93, Sched. I.].