Volume 1

The law relating to public health and local government : being the Public health act, 1875, and other statutes affecting district councils, with the decisions of the courts relating thereto, and the orders, regulations, &c., of the Local Government Board / by the late William Cunningham Glen and by the editor of the present edition.

  • Glen, W. Cunningham (William Cunningham), 1814-1892.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The law relating to public health and local government : being the Public health act, 1875, and other statutes affecting district councils, with the decisions of the courts relating thereto, and the orders, regulations, &c., of the Local Government Board / by the late William Cunningham Glen and by the editor of the present edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Water Supply. Powers of Local Authority in relation to Supply of Water. s. 51. General powers for supplying district with water s. 52. Restriction on construction of waterworks by local authority . s. 53. As to construction of reservoirs ....... s. 54. Power of carrying mains ........ s. 55. As to supply of water ........ s. 56. Power to charge water rates and rents ..... s. 57. Incorporation of certain provisions of Waterworks Clauses Acts s. 58. Power to supply water by measure ...... s. 59. Register of meter to be evidence ...... s. 60. Penalty for injuring meters ....... s. 61. Power to supply water to authority of adjoining district s. 62. Local authority may require houses to be supplied with water in certain cases ......... s. 63. Powers of water company for supplying water to local authority . s. 64. Vesting of public cisterns, &c., in local authority, s. 65. Water for public baths, or trading or manufacturing purposes s. 66. Duty of urban authority to provide fire-plugs . . . . s. 67. Agreements with universities ....... Provisions for Protection of Water. s. 68. Penalty for causing water to be corrupted by gas washings . . 145 s. 69. Local authority may take proceedings to prevent pollution of streams . 149 s. 70. Power to close polluted wells, &c. ...... 149 ]*AGE 121 126 129 130 130 131 133 134 135 135 135 136 138 139 142 142 144 Regulation of Cellar Dwellings and Lodging Houses. Occupation of Cellar Dwellings. s. 71. Prohibition of occupying cellar dwellings 151 s. 72. Existing cellar dwellings only to be let or occupied on certain conditions .......... 151 s. 73. Penalty on persons offending against enactment .... 153 s. 74. Definition of occupying as a dwelling . . . . . . 153 s. 75. Power to close cellars in case of two convictions . . . . 153 Common Lodging Souses. s. 76. Registers of common lodging houses to be kept . . . . 153 s. 77. All common lodging houses to be registered, and to be kept only by registered keepers 156 s. 78. Local authority may refuse to register houses .... 156 s. 79. Notice of registration to be affixed to houses .... 158 s. 80. Bye-laws to be made by local authority ..... 158 s. 81. Power to local authority to require supply of water to houses . 159 s. 82. Limewashing of houses ...... 159 s. 83. Power to order reports from keepers of houses receiving vagrants . 160 s. 84. Keepers to give notice of fever, &c., therein 160 s. 85. As to inspection ......... 160 s. 86. Offences by keepers of houses ....... 160 s. 87. Evidence as to family in proceedings ...... 161 s 88. Conviction for third offence to disqualify persons from keeping common lodging house 162 a. 89. Interpretation of “common lodging house”. .... 162