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.

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    INTRODUCTION. [s. 79 (1)], and with regard to such officers for London [s. 76]. Householders' Complaint.—Where 4 or more house- holders have made a complaint, the medical officer must, in any case, transmit to the local authority such com- plaint, together with his opinion thereon [s. 31 (1)]. In urban sanitary districts, if within 3 months after receiving a householders' complaint and the opinion or representation of the medical officer, the local authority decline or neglect to take the proper steps to put this part of the Act in force, the householders who signed such complaint may by petition obtain from the Local Grovernment Board an order, binding upon the local authority, to proceed under this part [s. 31 (2)]. Report to County Council.—The local authority in any district contained in the administrative county of London [s. 93 and note], or in any rural sanitary district, must at once forward to the county council of the county in which a dwelling-house is situate, a copy of any repre- sentation, complaint, or information relating thereto, and keep the council informed of all matters connected therewith [s. 45 (1) ]. Closing Order.—If on the representation of the medical officer, in some cases the county medical officer [s. 52], or information given, the local authority consider any dwelling-house unfit for human habitation, they must, after serving [s. 49] the proper notice [s. 86 (2)] on the owner [ss. 29, 50] or occupier, take steps to obtain a closing order [s. 29] against such dwelling, whether occupied or not [s. 32 (1), (2), Sched. III., England, Sched. IV.]. Where a closing order has been made, the local authority must serve 7 days' notice of the order