Public Health Act 1848
Employees: A local board of health could employ people, including a surveyor, a clerk, a treasurer, and an officer of health (who had to be a qualified doctor). They had  to appoint an inspector of nuisances (sanitary inspector) to investigate complaints and take action against 'nuisances' (nuisances meant all sorts of environmental public health problems: such as unsanitary dwellings, accumulations of refuse and sewage, smoke dust and smells and industrial emissions, polluted water, noise, adulterated food, slaughterhouse issues etc.).