The Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 52) was an
Act of the
Parliament
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of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in the British Isles that existed between 1801 and 1922, when it included all of Ireland. It was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the Kingdom of Great B ...
which introduced a comprehensive code of
sanitary
Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation systems ...
law in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
.
See also
*
Public Health Act
Public Health Act is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to public health.
List
*The Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict c 63)
*The Sanitary Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c 90) is sometimes called the Public Health A ...
*
Irish Poor Law
The Irish Poor Laws were a series of Acts of Parliament intended to address social instability due to widespread and persistent poverty in Ireland. While some legislation had been introduced by the pre-Union Parliament of Ireland prior to the ...
References
*Vanston, George Thomas Barrett. The Law relating to Public Health in Ireland: being the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, and amending Acts. With notes of all reported decisions, tables of cases and statutes, and an index. E Ponsonby. Dublin. 1892
Catalogue
*William Dudley Wodsworth. The Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878. Alexander Thom. Dublin. 1878
Catalogue Reviewed at (1878) 2 The Medical Press and Circula
322(16 October).
*Galligan and McGrath. "Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878". Compulsory Purchase and Compensation in Ireland: Law and Practice. Second Edition. Bloomsbury Professional. 2013. Paragraphs 4.02 to 4.09 at page
151to 153.
Poor Law in Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1878
1878 in Ireland
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Ireland
Public health in the United Kingdom
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