London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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(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.
(g) For the construction and keeping in good
condition of water-closets.
3. The landlord of a lodging-house or a
lodger therein shall not cause or suffer a
greater number of persons than will admit of
the provision of three hundred and fifty cubic
feet of free air space for each person of an
age exceeding ten years, and of one hundred
and seventy-five cubic feet of free air space for
each person of an age not exceeding ten years,