The Public Health Acts, 1848 and 1849; (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63, and 12 & 13 Vict. c. 94,) : together with an analysis, forms, &c. / By Thomas William Saunders.

  • Thomas William Saunders
Date:
1849
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Credit: The Public Health Acts, 1848 and 1849; (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63, and 12 & 13 Vict. c. 94,) : together with an analysis, forms, &c. / By Thomas William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN ANALY S IS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1848. [11 & 12 Vict. o. 63, passed 31st August, 1848.] This enactment, after reciting that “further and 11 a 12v.cr, more effective provision ought to be made for im- c fi3- proving the sanitary condition of towns and populous places in England and Wales, and that it is expedient that the supply of water to such towns and places, and the sewerage, drainage, cleansing, and paving thereof should, as far as practicable, be placed under one and the same local management and control,” enacts that the act may, from time to time, be applied in manner thereinafter provided to any part of England and Wales except the city of London, and to certain me- tropolitan districts, (a) Interpretation of words and terms.—The 2nd sec- tion provides for the construction and interpretation ot certain words and expressions. (b) Mode of citing the act.—'The 3rd section enacts that in citing the act in other acts of Parliament and in legal instruments and other proceedings; it shall be 18?8C.”n(c)t0 USC the W°rds ‘<The Public Health Act. (a) Section 1. (6) Section 2. B (c) Section 3.