[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.
- Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
- Date:
- 1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Also to carry out the powers ot‘ the Council under sections 51 and 52 of the Manchester New Streets Act, 1S53, with respect to the discontinuance of slaughter-houses which are nuisances;— Also to carry into effect such of the provisions of the Alhali, &c., Works Regulation Act, 1906, as are exercisable by the Corporation as a sanitary authority under that Act ;— Also to carry out and enforce the powers and duties of the Corporation under the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 to 1911, the Employment of Women Act, 1907, and Fart II. of the Police, Factories, &c. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916, also under the Bye-laws with respect to the provision of means of escape in case of fire, made by the Council on June 4th, 1913 [Council Minutes, 1912-13, page 486] ;— Also to carry out and enforce the powers and duties of the Council under the Shops Acts, 1912 and 1913, and the Orders and Regulations thereunder;— Also to enquire into, and report upon, the dilapidated or insanitary dwelling- houses within the City, especially such as are situated in courts approached by narrow or covered passages, and those in cul-de-sac streets, with a view to their improvement or removal; and also to recommend the purchase, on economical terms, of such as would provide sites for open spaces and playgrounds in densely populated neighbourhoods ;— Also to carry into effect within the City the several provisions contained in sections 45 to 48 [Prohibiting use of cellars as dwelling-houses] of the Manchester New Streets Act, 1853, section 41 [Declaring buildings unfit for human habita¬ tion] of the Manchester Corporation Waterworks and Improvement Act, 1867, and section 24 [Rooms over privies, &c., not to be used as dwelling or sleepjng rooms] of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 ;— Also to carry into effect the provisions of Parts I. and II. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, as amended by the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1903, and the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909 and 1919 (so far as the same can be delegated to a Committee), the unrepealed portions of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1885, and the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899 and 1919, and the Orders under those respective Acts, subject to the condition that the acts of the Committee shall be submitted to the Council for confirmation or otherwise, and that all their proceedings involving the expenditure of money be specially reported to this Council;— Also to carry into effect the provisions of the Manchester (Artizans) Order, 1890, confirmed by the Local Government Board’s Provisional Order Confirmation (Artizans and Labourers’ Dwellings) Act, 1890, of the Manchester Dwellings Reconstruction Scheme, 1891. Also to carry out the duties and powers of the Corporation connected with the provision of accommodation for persons of the labouring or working classes to be displaced by street improvements effected or to be effected under compulsory powers ;— That the duties of the Council as the Local Education Authority, or of the Education Committee, in regard to the provision of dwellings for housing persons of the labouring or working classes rendered necessary by all existing and future Acts of Parliament, confirming Provisional Orders which have authorised or shall authorise, and also all Acts which authorise Qr shall authorise, the compulsory acquisition, for the purposes of the Education Acts, of dwelling- houses occupied by persons belonging to the labouring or working classes, shall be, and the same are, hereby delegated to the Public Health Committee, with instructions from time to time to prepare and submit to this Council the necessary schemes for carrying out such duties;— Also to carry out the following resolution adopted by the Council on September 6th, 1916 [Council Minutes, I9i5-TG. p. 394] i— That the Council do exercise, in suitable cases, the powers contained in section 19 (Powers of Sanitary Authorities in connection with the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29785406_0244.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
