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Penalty on Persons erecting Houses without Waterclosets, &c.
Local Board may, upon Report of Surveyor, order Waterclosets, &c. to be erected in Houses, whether built before or after this Act is applied, &c.
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LI. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful newly to erect any House, or to rebuild any House pulled down to or below the Floor commonly called the Ground Floor, without a sufficient Watercloset or Privy and an Ashpit, furnished with proper Doors and Coverings; and whosoever offends against this Enactment shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds; and if at any Time, upon the Report of the Surveyor, it appear to the Local Board of Health that any House, whether built before or after the Time when this Act is applied to the District in which it is situate, is without a sufficient Watercloset or Privy and an Ashpit, furnished with proper Doors and Coverings, the said Local Board shall give Notice, in Writing to the Owner or Occupier of such House, requiring him forthwith, or within such reasonable Time as shall be specified therein, to provide a sufficient Watercloset or Privy and an Ashpit so furnished as aforesaid, or either of them, as the Case may require; and if such Notice be not complied with, the said Local Board may, if they shall think fit, cause to be constructed a sufficient Watercloset or Privy and an Ashpit, or either of them, or do such other Works as the Case may require; and the Expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be recoverable by them from the Owner in a summary Manner, or, by Order of the said Local Board, shall be declared to be Private Improvement Expenses, and be recoverable as such in manner herein-after provided: Provided always, that where a Watercloset or Privy has been and is used in common by the Inmates of Two or more Houses, or if, in the Opinion of the said Local Board, a Watercloset or Privy may be so used, they need not require the same to be provided for each House.
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