The Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 ( 41 & 42 Vict. c. 52) was an Act of the

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of the

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which introduced a comprehensive code of sanitary law in

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*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
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*William Dudley Wodsworth. The Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878. Alexander Thom. Dublin. 1878
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(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
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to 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 {{Ireland-law-stub

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