public health acts

• key features of Local Government Act 1858 and Public Health Act 1858

  • general board of health = abolished
  • powers of General Board of Health = given to Local Government Act Office
  • Local boards of health = given powers to take preventative action and to appoint officals
• key features of Sanitary Act 1866

  • local authorities = improve or demolish slum dwellings
  • definition of 'nusiance' extended to domestic properties , included overcrowding
  • local authorities = made responsible for nuisance removals in public health. If failure to act , central gov = charge local authorities
• key features of Public Health Act 1875

  • every part o the country had to have public health authority
  • every public health authority = one medical officer and one sanitary inspector to ensure that laws on food adulteration , housing etc.. = enforced
  • local authorities given wide powers to lay sewers and drains , build reservoirs , parks, public baths and public conviences
• key features of Public Health Act 1936

  • control over slaughterhouse , food adulteration added to responsibilities
  • local authorities had authority over sanitation , nuisances , baths , washhouses and presentation plus notification of diseases
• 1848 public health act

  local authorities were empowered to set up boards of health but only if 10% of taxpayers asked for one

  board of health appointed medical officer of health

  board of health managed sewers , drains , slaughterhouse and sewage system

  financed projects by levying local rates , bought land