Abstract
This statutory nuisance has its origins in the earliest public health legislation. It first appeared in section 8 of the Nuisances Removal Act 1855: ‘Any Accumulation or Deposit which is a Nuisance or injurious to Health.’ It was consolidated in section 92(c) of the Public Health Act 1936: ‘any accumulation or deposit which is prejudicial to health or a nuisance’ and, is now contained in the EPA 1990 with the same wording.