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Exempted. Houses.
2. In either of the following cases a lodging-house shall be exempt
from the operation of these bye-laws; that is to say,—
(a.) Where the rent or charge payable by each lodger, and exclusive
of any charge for the use by such lodger of any furniture, is at a
rate of three shillings and sixpence per week or upwards.
(b.) Where the rent or charge payable by each lodger, and inclusive
of any charge for the use by such lodger of any furniture, is at a
rate of five shillings per week or upwards.
(a.) For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a
house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family:
(b.) For the registration of houses so let or occupied :
(c.) For the inspection of such houses:
(d.) For enforcing drainage for such houses, and, for promoting cleanliness
and ventilation in such houses :
(e.) For the cleansing and lime-washing at stated times of the premises:
(f.) For the taking of precautions in case of any infectious disease:
3. The landlord of a lodging-house, or a lodger therein shall not
knowingly cause or suffer a greater number of persons than will admit of
the provision of three hundred cubic feet of free air space for each person
of an age exceeding ten years, and of one hundred and fifty cubic feet
of free air space for each person of an age not exceeding ten years to
occupy at any one time, as a sleeping apartment, a room which is used
exclusively for that purpose, and which is under the control of such landlord,
or which has been let to such lodger, respectively, as the case may be.
4. The landlord of a lodging-house, or a lodger therein, shall not
knowingly cause or suffer a greater number of persons than will admit of