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.
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.