Public_Health_(London)_Act_1891
Public Health (London) Act 1891
United Kingdom legislation
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 responsibility for removing snow from footpaths from individual householders to the London vestries and district boards.[1]