The Sanitary Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict., c. 90) and the Sewage Utilization Acts of 1865 and 1867 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 75, and 30 & 31 Vict. c. 113) : with an introduction to and summary of the Sanitary Act, together with notes and indexes to each of the Acts / by J.B. Hutchins.

  • Hutchins, J. B. (James B.)
Date:
[1867]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Sanitary Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict., c. 90) and the Sewage Utilization Acts of 1865 and 1867 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 75, and 30 & 31 Vict. c. 113) : with an introduction to and summary of the Sanitary Act, together with notes and indexes to each of the Acts / by J.B. Hutchins. 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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    Vestry or District Board, under the Act of the Session of eighteenth and nineteenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and twenty, intituled An Ad &^i9 vict. for the letter Local Management of the Metroj)oUs, or to any Committee appointed by such Vestry or District Board for the purpose of carrying into effect the Nuisances Eemoval Acts or any of them. 18. A requisition in writing under the hands of any ten inhabitants of a place shall for the pm-poses of the twenty- inhabitants seventh Section of The Nuisances Eemoval Act for England, Certificate 1855,* be deemed to be equivalent to the Certificate of the ^l^]^^ Medical Officer or medical practitioners therein mentioned, and the said Section shall be enforced accordingly. 19. The word Nuisances under the Nuisance Eemoval Addition to . , , T n . IT deUnition of Actsf shall include, Nuisance. 1. Any house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inmates:% 2. Any factory, workshop, or workplace not already under ■ the operation of any General Act for the Eegulation of Factories or Bakehouses, not kept in a cleanly state, or not ventilated in such a manner as to render harmless as far as practicable any gases, vapours, dust, or other' impurities generated in the course of the work carried on therein that are a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health, or so over- crowded wliile work is carried on as to be dangerous or pre- judicial to the health of those employed therein : 3. Any fireplace or furnace which does not as far as practicable consume the smoke arising from the combustible used in such fireplace or furnace, and is used within the district of a nuisance authority for working engines by steam, or in any mill, factory, dyehouse, brewery, bakehouse, or gas- work, or in any manufactory or trade process whatsoever: Any chimney (not being the chimney of a private dwell- ing-house) sending forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance : Provided, first, that in places where at the time of the passing of this Act no enactment is in force com- * This Section of the Nuisances Removal Act, 1855, relates to nuisance arising in cases of noxious trades, businesses, processes, or manufactures, t The nuisances under the Nuisances Eemoval Act are:— Any premises in such a state as to be injurious to health; Any pool, ditch, gutter, water-course, privy, urinal, cesspool, drain, or ashpit so foul as; to be a nuisance or injurious to health; Any animal so kept as to bo a nuisance or injurious to health; Any accumulation or deposit (not necessary for business or [manufacturing purposes, provided same is not kept longer tiian is required for such purposes) which is a nuisance or injurious to health. % See also Section .35 as to regulations for Lodging Houses.