Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878

Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878[1]

Act of Parliament
Long title	An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to Public Health in Ireland.
Citation	41 & 42 Vict. c. 52
Territorial extent	Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	8 August 1878
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1883
Relates to	Public Health Act 1875
Status: Partially repealed
Status
Republic of Ireland	Partially repealed
Northern Ireland	Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

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.[2]

See also

• Public Health Act
• Irish Poor Law

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 Circular 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 pages 151 to 153.

1. This short title was given to this Act by section 1 of this Act.
2. Haslam, Richard (2004). "Chapter 2: The origins of Irish local government". In Callanan, Mark; Keogan, Justin F. (eds.). Local government in Ireland : inside out (2nd ed.). Dublin: Institute of public administration. p. 20. ISBN 9781902448930.