The London health laws : a manual of the law affecting the housing and sanitary condition of Londoners, with special reference to the dwellings of the poor / issued by the Mansion House Council on the Dwellings of the Poor.

Date:
1894
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Credit: The London health laws : a manual of the law affecting the housing and sanitary condition of Londoners, with special reference to the dwellings of the poor / issued by the Mansion House Council on the Dwellings of the Poor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE LONDON HEALTH LAWS. CHAPTER I. THE ADMimSTRATIOX OF THE LAIF. Before ]3i*oceediiig to inquire in detail Avliat are the remedies wliicli the law proA^des for the protection of the public health in London, it will be useful to show briefly by whom, and by what machinery, these remedies may l3e applied. The power of initiating, or altering- legislatioQ, or carrjdug it into effect, lies among a large variety of persons and organisations, beginning with a simple individual interested in the removal of nuisances, and ending in the High Court of Parliament. The following is a list of the persons or organisations entitled to take part in enforcing the law :—• 1. Private Individuals. 2. Charitable Bodies. 3. Companies. 4. The School Board. 5. Guardians of the Poor. 6. Churchwardens and Overseers, 7. The Metropolitan Police. 8. Local Sanitary Autliorities. 9. The London County Council. 10. The Local G-overnnient Board. 11. The Charity Commission. 12. 13. The Home Office. The Imperial Parliament. B 2
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