[The Public Health Ordinances, 1907, and Amendments 1914-1922. : City Council Ordinance,1921].

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[1907-1922]
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Credit: [The Public Health Ordinances, 1907, and Amendments 1914-1922. : City Council Ordinance,1921]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    78. With respect to any sanitary convenience used in common by the occupiers of two or more separate dwelling-houses, or by other persons, the following provisions shall have effect:— (1) If any person injures or improperly fouls any such sanitary convenience, or anything used in connection therewith, he shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 10 shillings : (2) If any sanitary convenience or the approaches thereto, or the walls, floors, seats, or fittings thereof is or are in the opinion of the Commissioners or the Medical Officer of Health in such a state or condition as to be a nuisance or annoyance to any inhabitant of the neighbourhood for want of the proper cleansing thereof, such of the persons having the use thereof in common as aforesaid as may be in default, or in the absence of proof satisfactory to the Court as to which of the persons having the use thereof in common is in default, each of those persons, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings, and to a daily penalty not exceeding five shillings. 79. (1) Every building, used as a workshop or manufactory, or where persons are employed or intended to be employed in any trade or business, shall be provided with sufficient and suitable accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences, having regard to the number of persons employed in or in attendance at such building, and also where persons of both sexes are employed, or intended to be employed, or in attendance, with proper separate accommodation for persons of each sex. nitaiT I'liii- liicllCC ll^iCll (•OllllllOll. ; & 5 J. Vif. 59. s. 21. Sanitiiry cou- veuieiH'cs for nianufiU'tories, Do. do. s. 23. (2) Where it appears to the Commissioners on the report of the Medical Officer of Health that the provisions of this section are not complied with in the case of any building, the Commissioners may, if they think fit, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of any such building to make such alterations and additions therein as may be required to give such sufficient, suitable, and proper accommodation as aforesaid. (3) Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with any such notice shall be liable for each default to a penalty not exceeding £20, and to a daily penalty not exceeding 40 shillings. 80. The Commissioners shall provide that all drains and sanitary conveniences be constructed and kept so as not to be a nuisance or in- jurious to health. 81. (1) If the Medical Officer of Health or the Sanitary Inspector reports to the Commissioners that he has reasonable grounds for believing that any drains of any building are so defective as to be injurious or dangerous to health, the Commissioners may authorise the Medical Officer of Health or Sanitary Inspector to apply the smoke or coloured water test, or other similar test (not including a test by water under pressure), to the drains, subject to the condition that either the consent of the owner or occupier of the building must be given to the application of the test, or an order of a Court of Summary Jurisdiction must be obtained authorising the application of the test. (2) If on the application of the test the drains are found to be defective, then the Commissioners shall act in manner prescribed by .Sanitary cou- veiiiciicw to be ])vo])ci-ly kept. 38 & 39 Vic. c. 55. 3. 40. Testing of drains on report of defects. 7 Edw. 7. c. 53. 3. 45. Notice specifying detects.
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