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 1896
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896
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thereof be necessary for the purpose of keeping
the premises in a cleanly and wholesome
condition.
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.
16. The landlord of a lodging-house shall
cause the walls and ceilings of every room, and
of the staircases, passages, water-closets,
cupboards, and out-houses thereof, to be
thoroughly cleansed, and where not papered