A handy book of sanitary law / by Martin Ware.

  • Ware, Martin.
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A handy book of sanitary law / by Martin Ware. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and, in default, may make the drains themselves, and recover the expenses (ss. 61, &c., and see “ City Sewers Act, 1851,” s. 11.) Notice of new buildings and of new drains is to be given to the commissioners, and the foundations and drains to be made under the control of the commissioners ; and in default, or if any foundations or drain be made contrary to the orders of the commis- sioners, they may cause the building to be demolished, and the drain relaid at the expense of the owner (s. 63.) All drains, privies, and cesspools are under the con- trol of the commissioners, and must be repaired and kept in proper order at the cost of the owners or occupiers ; and, in default, the commissioners may repair them and put them in order at the expense of the owners or occupiers (s. 70.) For this purpose the commissioners have power to inspect drains, &c. (ss. 71, 98); and there is a penalty for altering sewers, drains, &c., contrary to their order (s. 72). There is a penalty not exceeding 40s. for allowing stagnant water to remain in any cellar or yard, or per- mitting any water-closet, privy, or cesspool to overflow (s. 87), and a penalty not exceeding 5Z. for permitting urine, or other filthy or offensive liquid to flow from any building or private court or passage, upon the footway, or into the surface channel of any street (“ City Sewers Act, 1851,” s. 39). No houses are to be built without privies and ashpits being provided (“ City Sewers Act, 1848,” s. 100), and in all cases the commissioners may require owners of houses to provide them (s. 99.) In factories certain