Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act 1879
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the provisions of the Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and the Acts amending the same, with respect to the protection of lands from floods and inundations, the River Thames in times of high tides, floods, and excessive rains, by reason of the low level of various places, overflows its banks, causing inconvenience to persons and injury to health and property, and it is therefore expedient that the said provisions should be amended, and that provisions such as are in th...