Public Health (London) Act 1936

Public Health (London) Act 1936[a]
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to public health in London.
Citation26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 50
Territorial extent County of London[b]
Dates
Royal assent31 July 1936
Commencement1 October 1937[c]
Repealed1 April 1965
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byLondon Government Act 1963
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Public Health (London) Act 1936 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Public Health (London) Act 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 50) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to public health in London.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 308 of the act repealed 82 enactments listed in the seventh schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Description Extent of repeal
57 Geo. 3. c. xxix Metropolitan Paving Act 1817 An Act for better paving, improving and regulating the streets of the Metropolis, and removing and preventing nuisances and obstructions therein. Sections fifty-seven, sixty-two and seventy-seven.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 71 Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839 The Metropolitan Police Courts Act, 1839. Section forty-one.
9 & 10 Vict. c. 74 Baths and Washhouses Act 1846 The Baths and Washhouses Act, 1846. The whole act except so far as it applies to the city.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 61 Baths and Washhouses Act 1847 The Baths and Washhouses Act, 1847. The whole act except so far as it applies to the city.
14 & 15 Vict. c. 28 Common Lodging Houses Act 1851 The Common Lodging Houses Act, 1851. The whole act.
16 & 17 Vict. c. 41 Common Lodging Houses Act 1853 The Common Lodging Houses Act, 1853. The whole act.
18 & 19 Vict. c. 120 Metropolis Management Act 1855 The Metropolis Management Act, 1855. Sections sixty-eight to seventy-six; sections seventy-eight to eighty; sections eighty-two to eighty-seven; section eighty-nine; in section ninety-two the words “watering, cleansing,”; in section one hundred the words from “and lay” to “a drain, channel, or gutter,” the words “and drain, channel, or gutter” and the words “or do not lay down therein such drain, channel, or gutter”; section one hundred and sixteen; section one hundred and thirty-five; sections one hundred and thirty-seven and one hundred and thirty-eight; in section one hundred and forty the words “watering and cleansing,” the words “or for the purposes of sewerage and drainage” and the words from “and it shall also be lawful” to the end of the section; in section one hundred and fifty the words from “and also to contract for the purchase” to “obstruction of sewerage or drainage” and the words “of cleansing sewers and drains and the other purposes”; in section one hundred and fifty-two the words from “save for enabling” to the end of the section; section one hundred and fifty-three; in section two hundred and two the words from “and for regulating the dimensions” to “proceeding thereon”; sections two hundred and four and two hundred and five; sections two hundred and eleven and two hundred and twelve; in section two hundred and thirty-seven the words “to all the provisions of this Act relating to sewerage and house drainage and”; in section two hundred and forty the words “to all the provisions of this Act relating to sewerage and house drainage, and”; in section two hundred and fifty the words from “except for the purpose” to the word “compulsorily” and the words from “the word ‘drain’” to the end of the section; and Schedule (D).
21 & 22 Vict. c. 104 Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1858 The Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1858. The whole act.
25 & 26 Vict. c. 102 Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1862 The Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1862. Sections twenty-one and twenty-two; sections twenty-four and twenty-five; sections twenty-seven to twenty-nine; section thirty-two; sections forty-four to sixty-one; sections sixty-three and sixty-four; section sixty-six; sections sixty-eight and sixty-nine; in section eighty-one the words “or draining”; section eighty-three; in section eighty-four the word “sewerage”; in section eighty-six the words “sewerage, drainage” and the words from “of constructing” to “therein or”; section eighty-eight; in section one hundred and twelve the words from “the word ‘drain’” to the words “Commissioners of Sewers.”
29 & 30 Vict. c. 90 Sanitary Act 1866 The Sanitary Act, 1866. Section forty-one.
30 & 31 Vict. c. 134 Metropolitan Streets Act 1867 The Metropolitan Streets Act, 1867 Section five.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 113 Metropolis Water Act 1871 The Metropolis Water Act, 1871 Section thirty-three.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 89 Sanitary Law Amendment Act 1874 The Sanitary Law Amendment Act, 1874 Sections forty-six and forty-nine.
38 & 39 Vict. c. 55 Public Health Act 1875 The Public Health Act, 1875 In section one hundred and eight the words from “any nuisance authority” to “or by”; in section one hundred and fifteen the words from “any nuisance authority” to “or by”.
41 & 42 Vict. c. 14 Baths and Washhouses Act 1878 The Baths and Wash-houses Act, 1878 The following provisions, except so far as they apply to the city, that is to say:—in section one, the words from “The words” to the end of the section; sections two to four; sections nine to eleven; sections thirteen and fourteen; and the Schedule.
42 & 43 Vict. c. cxcviii Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act 1879 The Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act, 1879 Section forty-three.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 30 Baths and Wash Houses Act 1882 The Baths and Wash-houses Act, 1882 The whole act except so far as it applies to the city.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 41 Local Government Act 1888 The Local Government Act, 1888 Sections seventeen and eighteen.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 11 Sale of Horseflesh, &c. Regulation Act 1889 The Sale of Horseflesh, &c., Regulation Act, 1889 The whole act.
53 & 54 Vict. c. 66 Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1890 The Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1890 Sections four and five; and in section eight the words “Except so far as relates to any sewers vested in the Council.”
53 & 54 Vict. c. ccxliii London Council (General Powers) Act 1890 The London Council (General Powers) Act, 1890 Section thirty-nine.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 76 Public Health (London) Act 1891 The Public Health (London) Act, 1891 The whole act.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 47 Public Health (London) Act 1891 Amendment Act 1893 The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Amendment Act, 1893 The whole act.
56 & 57 Vict. c. ccxxi London County Council (General Powers) Act 1893 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1893 Sections thirteen, twenty-three and twenty-five.
57 & 58 Vict. c. cxxiv Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 12) Act 1894 The Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 12) Act, 1894 In the Schedule, the County of London (Common Lodging Houses) Order, 1894.
57 & 58 Vict. c. ccxii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1894 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1894 In the preamble, the third recital; and Part IV.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 59 Baths and Washhouses Act 1896 The Baths and Wash-houses Act, 1896 The whole act except so far as it applies to the city.
59 & 60 Vict. c. clxxxviii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1896 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1896 Section thirty-two.
60 & 61 Vict. c. 31 Cleansing of Persons Act 1897 The Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897 The whole act.
60 & 61 Vict. c. cclii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1897 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1897 In the preamble, the seventh recital, and section fifty.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 14 London Government Act 1899 The London Government Act, 1899 In section five, subsection (1); in section six, subsection (4); in section thirty-four the words “the Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1846 to 1896”; in the Second Schedule, Part I.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 15 Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (Byelaws) Act 1899 The Metropolis Management Acts Amendment (Byelaws) Act, 1899 Section two; in section three the words “of the byelaws under this Act, and”; and the Schedule except so far as it relates to byelaws under Section 202 of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, for regulating the material of the pavement and roadway of new streets and roads.
1 Edw. 7 c. 22 Factory and Workshop Act 1901 The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 In section one hundred and one, subsection (5).
2 Edw. 7 c. clxxiii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1902 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1002 In the preamble the tenth and eleventh recitals; Parts VIII and IX; and the Schedule.
3 Edw. 7 c. clxxxvii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1903 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1903 In the preamble, the seventh recital; and Part VIII.
4 Edw. 7 c. ccxliv London County Council (General Powers) Act 1904 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904 In the preamble, the third, tenth and eleventh recitals; in section three the definition of the expression “the Corporation”; Part IV; sections forty-seven and forty-eight, and subsections (3) and (4) of section fifty-four.
7 Edw. 7 c. 40 Notification of Births Act 1907 The Notification of Births Act, 1907 In section one, subsection (6); in section two, in subsection (4) the words from “including the council” to “common council assembled,” and subsection (5).
7 Edw. 7 c. clxxv London County Council (General Powers) Act 1907 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907 In section three, in subsection (2), the definitions of the expressions “tenement house” and “working class”; Part V; sections seventy-eight and seventy-nine.
8 Edw. 7 c. 67 Children Act 1908 The Children Act, 1908 The whole act.
8 Edw. 7 c. cvii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1908 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908 In the preamble, the second recital; in section three the definitions of the expressions “the corporation”, “sanitary authority”, “daily penalty”, “rag and bone dealer”, “tenement house,” and “working class”; Part II; section seventy-five; and subsections (3) and (4) of section seventy-nine.
9 Edw. 7 c. 17 Metropolitan Ambulances Act 1909 The Metropolitan Ambulances Act, 1909 The whole act.
9 Edw. 7 c. 44 Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909 The Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1909 In section sixty-eight, subsection (4); and in section seventy the words “except subsection (4) of section sixty-eight” and the words from “and, in the application” to the end of the section.
9 Edw. 7 c. cxxx London County Council (General Powers) Act 1909 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1909 In section three the definitions of the expressions “the corporation,” “sanitary authority,” “daily penalty,” “tenement house,” and “working class”; Part III; sections fifty-eight, fifty-nine and sixty-six; and subsections (3) and (4) of section seventy.
10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5 c. cxxix London County Council (General Powers) Act 1910 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1910 In the preamble, the third recital; in section four, the definitions of the expressions “sanitary authority,” and “the Act of 1891”; and Part IV.
1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. 52 Rag Flock Act 1911 The Rag Flock Act, 1911 In section one, subsections (1) to (5), in subsection (6) paragraphs (a) and (b) and in paragraph (c) the words “any other sanitary authority, namely,” and subsection (7).
1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. 55 National Insurance Act 1911 The National Insurance Act, 1911 Section sixty-four.
1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. lxiii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1911 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1911 In the preamble, in the seventh recital the words “public lavatories, sanitary conveniences, and”; in section thirteen, in subsection (1) the words “lavatories, sanitary conveniences and” and the words from “and may make” to the end of the subsection, subsections (2) and (3), in subsection (4) the words “lavatories, “sanitary conveniences, “and”, in subsection (5) the words “lavatories, “sanitary conveniences “and”, and subsections (7) to (9); and section fifteen.
3 & 4 Geo. 5 c. 23 Public Health (Prevention and Treatment of Disease) Act 1913 The Public Health (Prevention and Treatment of Disease) Act, 1913 Sections two to four.
3 & 4 Geo. 5 c. ci London County Council (General Powers) Act 1913 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1913 In the preamble, the third recital; and section fifteen.
5 & 6 Geo. 5 c. 64 Notification of Births (Extension) Act 1915 The Notification of Births (Extension) Act, 1915 Section one.
5 & 6 Geo. 5 c. 66 Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act 1915 The Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915 In section twenty, subsections (1) and (4); and in the Fifth Schedule the words “and the Public Health (London) Act, 1891” and the words “The Public Health (London) Act, 1891, sections sixty-nine and seventy-one.”
5 & 6 Geo. 5 c. ciii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1915 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1915 In section sixty-four, the word “sewering.”
6 & 7 Geo. 5 c. 12 Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916 The Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916 Section five.
8 & 9 Geo. 5 c. 29 Maternity and Child Welfare Act 1918 The Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918 Sections one and two, and in section three the words from “and the purposes” to “1891.”
9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 21 Ministry of Health Act 1919 The Ministry of Health Act, 1919 In section three, in subsection (1), paragraph (f).
10 & 11 Geo. 5 c. lxxxix London County Council (General Powers) Act 1920 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1920 In the preamble, the first recital; and Part II.
11 & 12 Geo. 5 c. 12 Public Health (Tuberculosis) Act 1921 The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Act, 1921 Sections one, two, three and six.
11 & 12 Geo. 5 c. 23 Public Health (Officers) Act 1921 The Public Health (Officers) Act, 1921 In section seven, subsection (1), and in subsection (2) the words “Save as provided by this section”; and in section nine the words “except so far as it relates to the administrative county of London.”
12 & 13 Geo. 5 c. lxii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1922 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1922 In the preamble, the second and third recitals; in section four the definitions of “sanitary authority,” “district,” “house,” “owner,” “rack rent” and “vermin”; Part III; and subsection (2) of section nineteen.
15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 14 Housing Act 1925 The Housing Act, 1925 In section six, in subsection (2) the words from “and as soon as” to the end of the subsection.
15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 71 Public Health Act 1925 The Public Health Act, 1925 In section two, in subsection (1) the words “save as expressly provided in this Act,” and in subsection (4) the words “inclusive of the administrative county of London”; and in subsection (3) of section eighty-seven the words “proviso (a) or (c) to section two of the Baths and Washhouses Act, 1896, or”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. 76 Expiring Laws Act 1925 The Expiring Laws Act, 1925 In Part I of the First Schedule, in column 3, the words “Section five, except paragraph (a)”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5 c. cxix London County Council (General Powers) Act 1925 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1925 In subsection (1) of section thirty-four the words from “the sewering” to “at large or”.
16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. 43 Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act 1926 The Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926 In section one, subsections (2), (3) and (4); in section two, subsections (1) and (2), and in subsection (3) the words “and of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, as the case may be”; in section three the words “section twenty-four of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891”; in section five the words “and of the London County Council under section one hundred and sixty-four of the London Building Act, 1894”; sections eight, ten and eleven; in section twelve, in subsection (1) the words “except so far as it relates to London” and the words from “and the Public Health (London) Act, 1891” to the end of the subsection, and in subsection (2) the words “and the other provisions of this Act in their application to London shall be construed as one with the Public Health (London) Act, 1891” and the words from “Provided that” to the end of the subsection.
16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. 48 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926 The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926 In section nine, paragraph (b).
16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. xiv Hackney Borough Council Act 1926 The Hackney Borough Council Act, 1926 In section fifty-two, in subsection (1), the words “or into any sewer or gully therein” and the words “or choke up such sewer or gully”; and section fifty-five.
16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. xcviii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1926 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1926 Sections forty-two, forty-four and forty-five.
17 & 18 Geo. 5 c. 38 Nursing Homes Registration Act 1927 The Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927 The whole Act.
17 & 18 Geo. 5 c. xxii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1927 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1927 In section three the definition of the expression “the corporation”; sections fifty-two to fifty-five; section sixty-one; and subsection (2) of section sixty-seven.
18 & 19 Geo. 5 c. 39 Rag Flock Act (1911) Amendment Act 1928 The Rag Flock Act (1911) Amendment Act, 1928 The whole Act.
18 & 19 Geo. 5 c. lxxvii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1928 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928 In the preamble, the second recital; in section three the definitions of the expressions “the corporation” and “the overseers”, in the definition of the expression “the town clerk” the words “of the City of London or”, and the definitions of the expressions “sanitary authority”, “medical officer” and “the district”; Parts III and IV; section thirty-two; in subsection (1) of section thirty-eight the words “or into any sewer or gully therein” and the words “or choke up such sewer or gully”; in section sixty the words “the corporation or the overseers or” in each place where those words occur; in section sixty-one the words from “Medical” to “drains”; in subsection (1) of section sixty-three the words “the corporation or” where those words first occur, the words “of the corporation or”, and the words “as the case may be”; in section sixty-five the words “the corporation or the overseers or”, wherever those words occur, and the words “as the case may be”; in section sixty-six the words “the corporation or the overseers or” wherever those words occur; and subsections (2) and (4) of section seventy.
19 & 20 Geo. 5 c. 17 Local Government Act 1929 The Local Government Act, 1929 Subsections (1) and (2) of section fourteen; section sixteen; in section eighteen, paragraph (d), in paragraph (e) the words “under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891”, and in paragraph (f) the words from “any expenses” to “Council and”; in section fifty-nine, in subsection (1), the words “and the Public Health (London) Act, 1891” and subsection (2); in the Third Schedule, paragraph 3; and in the Tenth Schedule, in paragraph 26, sub-paragraph (a).
19 & 20 Geo. 5 c. lxxxvii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1929 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1929 Section sixty and the Third Schedule.
20 & 21 Geo. 5 c. clix London County Council (General Powers) Act 1930 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1930 In subsection (2) of section seventeen the words from “The Baths and Washhouses Act, 1896” to “swimming baths”; and sections fifty-four and sixty-two.
22 & 23 Geo. 5 c. 28 Public Health (Cleansing of Shell-fish) Act 1932 The Public Health (Cleansing of Shell-fish) Act, 1932 Section one, so far as it confers powers on the county council or a sanitary authority; in section four, in subsection (2) the words from “and the Public Health (London) Acts” to the end of the subsection; and in subsection (3) the words from “and, in its application to London” to the end of the subsection.
22 & 23 Geo. 5 c. 46 Children and Young Persons Act 1932 The Children and Young Persons Act, 1932 Part V; sections seventy-seven and eighty-seven; and the Second Schedule.
22 & 23 Geo. 5 c. lxx London County Council (General Powers) Act 1932 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932 Part II; sections eighteen to twenty; and subsections (2) to (4) of section twenty-four.
23 & 24 Geo. 5 c. 12 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 The Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 In section ninety-eight, in subsection (1), the words “or under Part I of the Children Act, 1908.”
23 & 24 Geo. 5 c. xxviii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1933 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1933 Section sixty-six.
24 & 25 Geo. 5 c. xl London County Council (General Powers) Act 1934 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1934 In section twenty-seven, subsection (5).
25 & 26 Geo. 5 c. xxxiii London County Council (General Powers) Act 1935 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1935 In section three, in subsection (1), the definition of “the common council”; section sixty-seven; and in section seventy, the words “or other sanitary authority”; and in section seventy-five, subsections (2) and (4).
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8 c. lx London County Council (General Powers) Act 1936 The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1936 Section forty-three.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by schedule 18 to the London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), which came into force on 1 April 1965.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 309(1).
  2. ^ Section 309(2).
  3. ^ Section 309(1).

References

  1. ^ "Public Health Act 1936 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Public Health (London) Act 1936", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo5and1Edw8/26 c. 50
  3. ^ "London Government Act 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1963 c. 33
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