{{Infobox UK legislation , short_title=Sanitary Act 1866 , parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom , long_title=An Act to amend the Law relating to the Public Health. , year=1866 , statute_book_chapter=29 & 30 Vict c 90 , introduced_by= , territorial_extent= , royal_assent=7 August 1866 , commencement= , repeal_date= , amendments= , related_legislation= , repealing_legislation= , status= , original_text= , legislation_history= , revised_text= } The Sanitary Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict c 90), sometimes called the Public Health Act 1866, was an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

. The Act allowed the formation of

drainage district Drainage districts occur in England and Wales, varying in size from a few hundred acres to over , all in low-lying areas of the country where flood risk management and land drainage are sensitive issues. Most drainage districts are administered by ...

s and enabled the provision of better house drainage. The second part of the Act dealt with

nuisance Nuisance (from archaic ''nocence'', through Fr. ''noisance'', ''nuisance'', from Lat. ''nocere'', "to hurt") is a common law tort. It means that which causes offence, annoyance, trouble or injury. A nuisance can be either public (also "common") ...

s and stated that it was the duty of councils to locate nuisances and remove them. From and after 1 November 1867, the Sanitary Act 1866, so far as it applied to Scotland, was repealed by section 2 of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict c 101). The whole Act, so far as it related to Ireland, was repealed by sections 279 and 294 of, and Schedule A to, the

Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 The Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which introduced a comprehensive code of sanitary law in Ireland. See also *Public Health Act *Irish Poor L ...

. The whole Act, except section 41, was repealed by section 142(1) of, and the Fourth Schedule to, the

Public Health (London) Act 1891 The Public Health (London) Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict c 76) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which extended access to Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals to those who were not eligible for poor relief. The act transferred responsib ...

(54 & 55 Vict c 76). Parts I, II and III, except so far as related to the Metropolis or to Scotland or Ireland, were repealed by section 343 of, and Part I of Schedule V to, the

Public Health Act 1875 The Public Health Act 1875c 55 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, one of the Public Health Acts, and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England. Its purpose was to codify previous measures aimed at combatin ...

(38 & 39 Vict c 55).

Section 4

This section was repealed by section 14 of the

Public Health Act 1872 In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...

(35 & 36 Vict c 79). Glen said that the effect of this was that "the town council, as far as regards appointments of committees for purposes of the Sanitary Acts, must proceed under the Municipal Corporation Acts, or under" section 36 of the

Public Health Act 1848 Local boards or local boards of health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. They were formed in response to cholera epidemics and were given powers to control sewers, clean the streets, regulate environmenta ...

(11 & 12 Vict c 63).

Section 19

The words "not already under the operation of any general Act for the regulation of factories or bakehouses" (so far as unrepealed) were repealed by section 107 of, and the Sixth Schedule to, the

Factory and Workshop Act 1878 The Factory Acts were a series of acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the conditions of industrial employment. The early Acts concentrated on regulating the hours of work and moral welfare of young children employed ...

(41 & 42 Vict c 16).

Section 41

This section was repealed by section 308 of, and the Seventh Schedule to, the

Public Health (London) Act 1936 Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

(26 Geo 5 & 1 Edw 8 c 50).1935-36 The Public General Acts. Published by the Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports. Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited. London. 1936
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Pages 1663 and 1685.

References

*Michael, William Henry. The Sanitary Acts: Comprising the Sewage Utilization Act, 1865, and the Sanitary Act, 1866, and various selections of other Acts incorporated therewith. H Sweet. Stevens and Sons. London. 1867
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*Austin, Robert Cecil. The Sanitary Act, 1866, with Notes, Statutes, &c. Nicholls Bros. Frederick Street, London. 1867
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*Hutchins, James B. The Sanitary Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict., c. 90); and the Sewage Utilization Acts of 1865 and 1867 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 75, and 30 & 31 Vict. c. 113). Third Edition. Knight and Co. London. 1867. *"The Sanitary Act, 1866". Halsbury's Statutes of England. (The Complete Statutes of England). First Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Limited. 1930
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