A manual of hygiene, public and private, and compendium of sanitary laws : for the information and guidance of public health authorities, officers of health, and sanitarians generally / by Charles A. Cameron.

Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual of hygiene, public and private, and compendium of sanitary laws : for the information and guidance of public health authorities, officers of health, and sanitarians generally / by Charles A. Cameron. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Reference to Superior Court at the option of the party com- plained against. On certiiicate of Medical Officer to (Nuisance) Aulliority that House is over-crowded, proceedings may be taken to a^)ate the (Nuisance) Authority to order costs of prosecutions to be paid out of tile rates. penalty shall not in any case exceed the sum of two hundred pounds : provided always, that the justices may suspend tiieir final determina- tion in any such case, upon condition that the person so complained against shall undertake to adopt, within a reasonable time, such means as the said justices sliall judge to be practicable and order to be car- ried into effect for abating such nuisance, or mitigating or preventing the injurious effects of such efHuvia, or shall give notice of appeal in the manner provided by tliis act, and shall enter into recognizances to try such appeal, and shall appeal accordingly: provided always, that the provisions hereinbefore contained shall not extend or be applicable to any place without the limits of any city, town, or populous district. 28. Provided also, that if, upon his appearance before such justices, the party complained against object to have the matter determined by such justices, and enter into recognizances, with sufficient sureties to be aijproved by the justices, to abide the event of any proceedings at law or in equity that may be had against him on account of the sub- ject matter of complaint, the local authority shall thereupon abandon all proceedings before the justices, and shall forthwith take proceed- ings at law or in equity in her Majesty's superior courts for preventing or abating the nuisance complained of. 29. Whenever the medical officer of health, it there be one, or, if none, whenever two qualified medical practitioners shall certify to the (Nuisance) Authority that any house is so overcrowded as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants, and the inhabitants shall consist of more than one family, the (Nuisance) Authority shall cause proceedings to be taken before the justices to abate such overcrowding, and the justices shall thereupon make such order as they may think fit, and the person permitting such overcrowd- ing shall forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings. [The overcrowding of dwellings under any circumstances is declared to be a nuisance under section 19 of the Sanitary Act, 1866.] 30. The (Nuisance) Authority may ,within the area of their juris- diction, direct any proceedings to be taken at law or in equity in cases coming within the purview of this act, and may order pro- ceedings to be taken for the recovery of any penalties, and for the punishment of any persons offending against the provisions of this act, or in relation to appeals under this act, and may order the expenses of all such proceedings to be paid out of the rates or funds administered by them under this Act. Part III. Service of notices, summonses, and orders. Proof of resolu- tions of (Nuisance) Authorltj'. As to Procedure under this Act. And with regard to procedure under this act, be it enacted, That 31. Notices, summonses, and orders under this Act may be served by delivering the same to or at the residence of the persons to whom they are respectively addressed, and where addressed to the owner or occupier of premises they may also be served by delivenng the sanie or a true copy thereof to some person upon the premises, or if there be no person upon the premises who can be so served, by fixing the same upon some conspicuous part of the premises, or if the person shall reside at a distance of more than five miles from the ofcce of the inspector, then by a registered letter through the post. ^ . .. 32. Copies of any orders or resolutions of the (Nuisance) Aulhonty or their committee, purporting to be signed by the chairman of such body or committee, shall, unless the contrary be shown, bo recen'ed as evidence thereof, without proof of their meeting, or of the omciai character or signature of the person signing the same.