Public Health (London) Act 1891 Explained

Short Title:Public Health (London) Act 1891
Type:Act
Parliament:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Public Health in London.
Year:1891
Citation:54 & 55 Vict. c. 76
Royal Assent:5 August 1891

The Public Health (London) Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 76) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which extended access to Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals to those who were not eligible for poor relief.

The act transferred responsibility for removing snow from footpaths from individual householders to the London vestries and district boards.[1]

The act required sanitary authorities (the London vestries and district boards) to provide mortuaries. This had previously been a right but was now an obligation.[2]

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  1. Public Health. (1891). United Kingdom: Academic Press.
  2. Web site: Law Courts and Courtrooms 2: Civil and Coroner’s Courts . Historic England . 10 September 2024.