What to do and how to do it : a manual of the law affecting the housing and sanitary condition of Londoners ; with special reference to the dwellings of the poor.

  • Sanitary Laws Enforcement Society (London)
Date:
1884
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Credit: What to do and how to do it : a manual of the law affecting the housing and sanitary condition of Londoners ; with special reference to the dwellings of the poor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    * P A E T I. CHAPTER I. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW Bbfoke proceeding to inquire in detail what are the remedies which the Law provides, it will be useful to show briefly who are the persons and what is the machinery by which these remedies may be applied. The power of initiating, altering, or carrying it into effect is distributed over 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 en- titled to take part in enforcing the law :— 1. Individuals. 2. Charitable Organisations. 3. Local Authorities. 4. Private Companies. 5. The Metropolitan Board of Works. 6. The Metropolitan Police. 7. The Local Government Board. 8. The School Board. 9. The Imperial Parliament. ]. Privatis Individuals.—There are various methods in which individuals may qualify themselves for insisting upon the