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(12) If the Local Board is satisfied upon the examination by 

 itself or officer, that a cellar, room, tenement, or building within its 

 jurisdiction, occupied as a dwelling-place, has become, by reason of 

 the number of occupants, want of cleanliness, the existence therein 

 of a contagious or infectious disease or other cause, unfit for such 

 purpose, or that it has become a nuisance or in any way dangerous 

 to the health of the occupants, or of the public, it may issue a notice 

 in writing to such occupants, or any of them, requiring the said 

 premises to be put in proper sanitary condition; or, if it sees fit, may 

 require the occupants to quit the premises within such time as the 

 Board may deem reasonable. If the persons so notified, or any of 

 them, neglect or refuse to comply with the terms of the notice, every 

 person so offending shall be liable to the penalties imposed for in- 

 fraction of these regulations, and the Board may cause the premises 

 to be properly cleansed at the expense of the owners or occupants, 

 or may remove the occupants forcibly and close up the premises, and 

 the same shall not again be occupied as a dwelling-place until put 

 into proper sanitary condition; or the Board, if it sees fit may, sub- 

 ject to the provisions of section 97 of the " Health Act, 1893, " cause 

 such premises to be destroyed, with the consent of two Justices of 

 the Peace. 



SEC. 54. Where, under the provisions of this Act, 



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or of any municipal by-law, any officer removesanydirt, 

 filth, refuse, debris or other thing likely to endanger the public health 

 or become or cause a nuisance, or which is or is causing a nuisance, 

 such dirt, fifth, refuse or other thing shall be subject to the disposi- 

 tion and order of the officer or officers removing the same, and the 

 owner thereof shall have no claim in respect thereof. 



In a publication entitled " General Information Regarding 

 Public Health," the Provincial Board of Health, in dealing with 

 dwelling houses, says: 



" Dwelling houses should never be built upon a wet site. 

 Dryness can be obtained by thorough draining. A wet site is 

 an important factor in the production of many diseases, such 

 as consumption and rheumatism. A dwelling house should 

 never be built upon a lot which was low, but has been filled up 

 with manure and other refuse. Such made up ground simply 

 requires merely the introduction of the germs of infectious 

 diseases to become a hot bed for their propagation. Young 

 children in such houses suffer from cholera infantum during 

 the summer months " 



