The public health acts amendment act, 1907 : with explanation, full commentary upon the sections, and summary of recent public health decisions / by Arthur E. Clery and J. McWalter.

  • Clery, Arthur Edward, 1879-1932.
Date:
1908
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Credit: The public health acts amendment act, 1907 : with explanation, full commentary upon the sections, and summary of recent public health decisions / by Arthur E. Clery and J. McWalter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (50 rultlir llcnUli .Ir/.s- A)ii(-ii(lwf)il Art, 1007. Brigade, penalty of £b on anyone disobeying his orders. It is —— left to the oflicer's own discretion as to whether he shall stop the traffic or not. In this and other sections, which of course apply both to England and this country, the fact that the police are largely under the control of the local authority in England must not be left out of sight. Control of Operations.—Even fire brigades have their jealousies and fire chiefs their precedence, and s. 89 is intended to prevent them from becoming a serious menace to the public at the critical moment. Vbi regio ibi—the authority of the fire captain, is the motto of the section. Each fire chief is to be supreme in his own district, and all other fire brigades coming in must bow to his sway, and if the captain be absent, the other local officer in charge of the local brigade enjoys a similar pre-eminence. Whichever of them it is, he is to have sole charge and control of all operations for the putting out of such fire .... including the fixing of the positions of fire-engines and apparatus, the attaching of hose to any water-pipes or water supply, and the selection of the parts of the building on fire or of adjoining buildings against which the water is to be directed. All this may lead to heart-burning. Suppose the case, a common one enough, of a large fire in atownshiiJ, to which a city fire brigade goes out, the chief of the city fire brigade must place himself under the control of the smaller township poten- tate, whose competency may not always be of the highest. Fire Appliances in Common.—S. 90 permits co- operation between local authorities in providing fire- engines, etc. A joint fire brigade can thus be estab- lished, a provision which might prove extremely useful in some cases and prevent money being frittered away on small and bad local fire brigades in adjoining localities. We may compare the provision of our Local Government Act, 1898, that permits local avithorities to execute works in common.
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