Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1897
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after specified, cause every area, the interior surface of every
ceiling and wall of every water-closet belonging to the premises,
and the interior surface of every ceiling and wall of every room,
staircase, and passage, in the house to be thoroughly lime-washed.
Provided that the foregoing requirement with respect to the
lime-washing of the internal surface of the walls of rooms, staircases,
and passages, shall not apply in any case where the internal
surface of any such wall is painted, or where the material of or
with which such surface is constructed or covered is such as to
render the lime-washing thereof unsuitable or inexpedient, and
where such surface is thoroughly cleansed, and the paint or other
covering is renewed, if the renewal thereof be necessary for the
purpose of keeping the premises in a cleanly and wholesome
condition.
16. The landlord of a lodging-house shall provide adequate
means of ventilation in or in connexion with every common passage
or staircase in such house, and shall cause such means of
ventilation to be maintained at all times in good order.
17. The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause all such
means of ventilation as may be provided in or in connexion with
any room in such house to be maintained at all times in good
order.
18. In every case where, in pursuance of any statutory provision
in that behalf, an order of a justice has been obtained for
the removal from a lodging-house to a hospital of a person who is
suffering from any dangerous infectious disease and is without
proper lodging or accommodation, the landlord of such house,
and the lodger to whom any room whereof such person may be
an occupant has been let shall, on being informed of such order,
forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on the part of