The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales".

  • Allan, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1929.
Date:
1890
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Credit: The housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, annotated, with appendices containing the Incorporated Statutory Provisions, the Working Classes Dwellings Act, 1890, the Standing Orders of Parliament related to Provisional Orders, and the Circulars, Memoranda and Orders of the Local Government Board under the Act / by he author of "The Local Loans of England and Wales". 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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    Sanitary authority to serve notice requiring abatement of nuis- ance. On non- com- pliance with notice, complaint to be made to justice. Order of prohibi- tion in case of house xinfit for human habita- tion. s. 110. * * * the sanitary authority shall * # * serve a notice * * * on the owner or occupier of the premises on which the nuisance arises, requiring him to abate the same within a time to be specified in the notice, and to execute such works and do such things as may be necessary for that purpose : Provided— First. That where the nuisance arises from the want or defective con- struction of any structural convenience, or where there is no occupier of the premises, notice under this section shall be served on the owner : ***#•* * s. 111. If the person on whom a notice to abate a nuisance has been served makes default in complying with any of the requisitions thereof within the time specified, or if the nuisance, although abated since the service of the notice, is, in the opinion of the sanitary authority, likely to recur on the same premises, the sanitary authority shall cause a complaint relating to such nuisance to be made before a justice, and such justice shall thereupon issue a summons requiring the person on whom the notice was served to appear before a court of summary jtu-isdiction. s. 113. Where the nuisance proved to exist is such as to render a house or buUding, in the judgment of the court, imfit for human habitation, the com-t may prohibit the using thereof for that purpose until, in its judgment, the house or building is rendered fit for that purpose; and on the court being satisfied that it has been rendered fit for that pm'pose the com-t may determine its previous order by another, declaring the house or building habitable, and from the date thereof such house or building may be let or inhabited. FOIJETH SCHEDULE. FOEMS. Form A. Form of Notice requiring Premises to he made fit for Habitation. To [person causing the 2Jremises to he unfit for habitation, or oivner or occAqner of the i^remises, as the case may he~\. Take notice that under the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1875, and the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, the [describe the local authority'], being satisfied that the following premises, that is to say [describe premises or place where the nwisance exists], are in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be imfit for human habitation, do hereby reqiure you within from the service of this notice to make the said premises fit for human habitation. If you make default in complying with the requisitions of this notice, proceedings will be taken before a coiurt of summary jm-isdiction for pro- hibiting the use of the premises for human habitation. Dated this day of 18 Signature of officer} of local aiUhority^