Bassett’s Environmental Health Procedures is a long-standing, must-have reference book for practising environmental health officers in local government and in private practice. It covers all the key legislative procedures for the service of a wide range of notices to deal with public health problems throughout the UK. The tenth edition covers the following subjects and reflects new practices, legislation and statutory guidance:
- The legal framework
- Environmental protection – including air quality, noise, pollution control
- Food safety
- Health and safety at work
- Housing
- Port health
- Public health
Each procedure includes a simple description of the legislation and a flow diagram showing the procedure to follow in using that legislation. Written for the increasingly pressurised local authority environmental health practitioner, this book will help them to understand the legislation quickly and easily and how to deploy it effectively. Bassett’s is also an essential reference for all those whose responsibilities demand they keep abreast of current environmental health practices.
Preface
Extract from the preface to the first edition
Acknowledgements
How the book is structured
Part 1: Current Environmental Health legal structure, process and policies
Chapter 1 Enforcement and Compliance Framework
Chapter 2 Common Provisions in Legislation
Chapter 3 Professional Practice
Chapter 4 Legal Proceedings
Part 2: Environmental Protection
Chapter 1 Air Quality
Chapter 2 Environmental Damage and Contaminated Land
Chapter 3 Pollution Prevention
Chapter 4 Noise
Part 3: Food Control and Food Safety
Part 4: Health and Safety
Part 5: Housing and Health
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Enforcement options
Chapter 3 Housing licensing
Chapter 4 Houses in multiple occupation
Chapter 5 Rogue Landlords
Chapter 6 Temporary accommodation
Part 6: Anti-Social Behaviour
Part 7: Public Health
Chapter 1 Animal welfare
Chapter 2 Control of rats and mice
Chapter 3 Disease control
Chapter 4 Dog and horse control
Chapter 5 Exhumations
Chapter 6 Hoarding
Chapter 7 Port health
Chapter 8 Public Health Funerals
Chapter 9 Removal of unauthorised campers
Chapter 10 Sanitation and drainage
Chapter 11 Statutory nuisances
Chapter 12 Waste
Chapter 13 Water supply
Part 8: Public Safety
Biography
Tim Deveaux is a retired independent environmental health practitioner with over 36 years of public sector experience in a wide range of areas in environmental health and sustainability. His experience includes housing, drainage, food safety, health and safety, air pollution and noise, infectious disease control, developing and implementing strategies to change behaviour and protecting the environment and human health, particularly in planning for, and implementing, climate change and sustainability solutions.
Bill Bassett authored the first seven editions of Environmental Health Procedures, the first of which appeared in 1983. His dedication to navigating and clarifying the relevant regulations and laws in this book has aided countless environmental health practitioners in the UK and beyond. Bill passed the baton to Tim Deveaux in 2013, but remained on hand to help both the new author and the publisher throughout. Bill sadly died in 2017, and his legacy remains a testament to a leading, visionary and dedicated environmental health practitioner.
