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Houses to be purified, on Certificate of Officer of Health, or of Two Medical Practitioners.
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LX. And be it enacted, That if upon the Certificate of the Officer of Health (if any), or of any Two Medical Practitioners, it appear to the Local Board of Health that any House or Part thereof is in such a filthy or unwholesome Condition that the Health of any Person is affected or endangered thereby, or that the whitewashing, cleansing, or purifying of any House or Part thereof would tend to prevent or check infectious or contagious Disease, the said Local Board shall give Notice in Writing to the Owner or Occupier of such House or Part thereof to whitewash, cleanse, or purify the same, as the Case may require; and if the Person to whom Notice is so given fail to comply therewith within such Time as shall be specified in the said Notice, he shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Shillings for every Day during which he continues to make default; and the said Local Board may, if they shall think fit, cause such House, Building, or Part thereof to be whitewashed, cleansed, or purified, and the Expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be repaid by the Owner or Occupier in default, and be recoverable from either of them in the summary Manner herein-after provided.
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