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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receptacles are used, the landlord shall cause
the same to be placed in such places, and at
such times, to facilitate the removal of the
skips or receptacles, as may from time to time
be ordered by the Sanitary Authority.
VENTILATION.
15. The landlord of a lodging-house shall
provide, and maintain in good working order,
all requisite means for the ventilation of the
rooms, passages, and staircases thereof.
A lodger having the exclusive use or
occupation of any room in a lodging-house
shall cause such room to be thoroughly
ventilated daily.
The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause
every room therein which is not in the exclusive
use or occupation of a lodger, and
every common passage and staircase in such
house, to be thoroughly ventilated daily.
CLEANLINESS.
16. The landlord of a lodging-house shall
cause the walls and ceilings of every room,