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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    INTRODUCTION. Obstructive Buildings. Power is given to the local authority to purchase houses, though not in themselves unhealthy, for the purpose of opening up alleys, &c, and for purposes of ventilation generally. Representation. — Order by Local Authority. —The medical officer must make to the local authority a representation about any building he may think ob- structive, stating that in his opinion it should be pulled down [s. 38 (1)]. The local authority, on receiving a representation—which may be made by 4 or more inhabitant householders [s. 38 (2)], or by the county medical officer [s. 52], and a copy of which must be sent, except in the case of an urban sanitary district, to the county council [s. 45 (1)]—must cause a report to be made. If, on receiving the report, they decide to proceed, a copy of the representation and of the report must be sent to the owner of the building, with notice of time and place for the consideration thereof, when such owner may attend. After this, the local authority must make an order, which is subject to appeal in like manner as a demolition order [s. 38 (3)]. Provision is made for acquiring the land on which the building stands, either compulsorily or by agreement [s. 38 (4)], or for the retention of the site by the owner under certain conditions £s. 38 (5)] ; and provisions are made as to the assessment of compensation, the severance of the building, the betterment of neighbouring houses, appeal from arbitration, the erection of new buildings, open spaces and dedication of the land as a highway, or other public place [s. 38 (6)—(12)].