Compendium of Irish sanitary law : containing the Sanitary Act, 1866, and the acts incorporated therewith so far as the same relate to Ireland ; the Acts relating to workshops, common lodging houses, and the adulteration of food and drink ; with explanatory notes, a collection of legal decisions in sanitary cases

Front matter

Compendium

of

Irish Sanitary Law

Preface

Sanitary Reform is a subject of the utmost importance, not only to every Public Body entrusted with the management of a town or district, but also to every Householder, to those engaged in the great variety of trades and manufactures, and, indeed, to every Member of the community. This has been of late years so far recognized by the Legislature that a code of Laws has been enacted, by which most stringent powers are given to the Authorities, and appropriate duties and responsibilities are imposed upon private individuals. The Town Councils in corporate towns, the Town Commissioners in other towns and townships, and the Poor Law Guardians, in their special districts are, entrusted with the execution of these laws, and the Inhabitants of such places are made liable to penalties for their infringement. A Compendium of this branch of the Law for Ireland, with a full Index for immediate reference, seemed to the author likely to prove useful.

VI PREFACE.

The statutes and portions of statutes which form the basis of this Work are, "The Adulteration of Food and Drink Act, i860;" " The Bakehouse Regulation Act, 1863 ; ,; the several Acts relating to Common Lodging Houses; The general "Sanitary Act, 1866," and the several Acts incorporated therewith; and the important but very imperfect statute known as " The Workshop Regulation Act, 1867," which affects the employers of labour in almost every workshop, or place in which any handicraft is carried on by the labour of any child, young person, or woman.

The important legal decisions of the Superior Courts are introduced under the several sections of those statutes to which they refer, and short explanatory notes and references are given where necessary.

The author has endeavoured to afford every information required either by those affected by these statutes, or by those entrusted with carrying them into execution, and, as far as possible, to avoid the technicalities which are almost inseparable from Law books.

J. O. B.

193 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin", 24M May, 1870.