A handy book of sanitary law / by Martin Ware.

  • Ware, Martin
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A handy book of sanitary law / by Martin Ware. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    MAIN DKAINAGE. City op London. By the “ City Sewers Act, 18-4-8,” all sewers and public drains in the City of London are vested in the Commis- sioners of Sewers, appointed by the Corporation (s. 52), and the commissioners have power to construct sewers, drains, vaults, &c., and to do all necessary works (s. 53), and to deepen and alter the same (s. 54). Water companies are to supply water if required by the com- missioners for flushing and scouring sewers, cleansing pavements, &c„, on being remunerated (s. 55). The commissioners to provide traps, or by ventilation, or otherwise, to prevent effluvia from rising through the gully-holes (s. 68). There is a penalty not exceeding 5/. for any scavenger or other person sweeping dirt into any sewer or drain, or any dock, or inlet into which it may discharge (“ City Sewers Act, 1851,” s. 4) ; and a penalty of 200/. for allowing gas-washings, &c., to flow into the sewers (“ City Sewers Act, 1848,” s. 76). Powers are given to make communications between tbe City sewers and those outside the City, on giving remunera- tion (ss. 73, 74).
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