Manual for Medical Officers of HealthKnight, 1873 - 346 pages |
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Page 21
... half thick , and neither prevents cold nor damp . Stone walls are commonly of greater thickness▾ than nine inches , and are drier than brick walls , but a porous sandstone will allow the moisture to pass through a wall more than a foot ...
... half thick , and neither prevents cold nor damp . Stone walls are commonly of greater thickness▾ than nine inches , and are drier than brick walls , but a porous sandstone will allow the moisture to pass through a wall more than a foot ...
Page 27
... story shall be measured from the level of its floor up to the under side of the tie of the roof , or up to half the vertical height of the rafters , when the roof has no tie ; and the height of Construction of Houses . 27.
... story shall be measured from the level of its floor up to the under side of the tie of the roof , or up to half the vertical height of the rafters , when the roof has no tie ; and the height of Construction of Houses . 27.
Page 28
... half of the thickness of the wall at its base ; and the diminu- tion of the footing of every wall shall be formed in regular offsets , and the height from the bottom of such footing to the base of the wall shall be at the least equal to ...
... half of the thickness of the wall at its base ; and the diminu- tion of the footing of every wall shall be formed in regular offsets , and the height from the bottom of such footing to the base of the wall shall be at the least equal to ...
Page 31
... half inches and not more than nine and a half inches in length . ( No. 2. ) I. II . III . IV Construction of Houses . 31.
... half inches and not more than nine and a half inches in length . ( No. 2. ) I. II . III . IV Construction of Houses . 31.
Page 33
... half thick . Condition in respect of Stories exceeding a certain Height . 6. If in any story of a building of the ... half inches , and no wall subdividing any building shall be deemed to be a cross wall unless it is carried up to two ...
... half thick . Condition in respect of Stories exceeding a certain Height . 6. If in any story of a building of the ... half inches , and no wall subdividing any building shall be deemed to be a cross wall unless it is carried up to two ...
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Page 266 - Majesty, it shall be lawful for One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or in Ireland for the...
Page 313 - And they may further provide for the observance of such byelaws by enacting therein such provisions as they think necessary as to the giving of notices, as to the deposit of plans and sections by persons intending to lay out streets or to construct buildings, as to inspection by the...
Page 303 - All powers given by this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred by Act of Parliament, law, or custom...
Page 295 - petroleum" includes any rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat, or other bituminous substance, and any products of petroleum, or any of the abovementioned oils ; and the term " petroleum to which this Act applies...
Page 302 - ... so specified or negatived no proof in relation to the matter so specified or negatived shall be required on the part of the informant or complainant.
Page 294 - An act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 301 - The court of summary jurisdiction, when hearing and determining an information or complaint, shall be constituted either of two or more justices of the peace in petty sessions sitting at a place appointed for holding petty sessions, or of some magistrate or officer sitting alone or with others at some court or other place appointed for the administration of justice...
Page 61 - ... to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 7 - District, he shall visit the spot without delay and inquire into the causes and circumstances of such outbreak, and in case he is not satisfied that all due precautions are being taken, he shall advise the persons competent to act as to the measures which may appear to him to be required to prevent the extension of the disease, and so far as he may be lawfully authorised, assist in the execution of the same.
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