Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly.

  • Jamaica. Central Board of Health.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Appcjidix. •> ronrts or premises around such dweliings or other huiUlinp:s which sh dl be suspected of being* in an unwholesome condition, and shall require the own- er or occupier thereof, or any person having the cus- tody and care of such building, to remove or correct, M'ithin a reasonable period of time, to be by the said authorities specified, all existing nuisances as shall ])e declared by the Central Board of Health to be in- jurious to health, whether by rendering the atmos- phere impure, or by preventing the free accevSS of air. I I til. The said Central Boa?'d of Health shall have f(dl power, and they are hereby authorized, to de- clare the means necessary foi- the proper ventilation of any building or buildings used as a dwelling or dwellings, and such means shall be used and adopt- ed in any place ov places named by the said Board. 12th. The said Central Board shall have lull power, and they are hereby authorized, to j)idl down and re- move all or any dilaffidated ljuilding or i)uiidings ^vhich shall be uninhabited and in a fdthv and un- wholesofue condition, iniless the same shall be forth- with repaired, and purified as the said Board shall di- rect. l:Jth. The several local authorities throughout this island, in their respoctive districts, shall have full power, and they <\yv hereby authorized under the di- rection of the said (Jentral Board, to hire or procure, or, if urgently necessary, to take possessioii of unoc- ouf)ied houses, buildings, or other tenements suitable for the purpose of being used as places of refuge and retreat for sjich persons as the said local authoritiej^ may see fit to remove out of iniVcted houses or dis- tricts. I4th. The said Central Hoard of Health shall havo> full power, and they are hereby authorized, to cojupel the removal nf inmates from'houses which shall \)v fleclared by any duly rpialified medical ukui. uy other person acting under the instructions of the said fK)ar(I,