Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896
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such order, and shall in and about such removal,
adopt all such precautions as, in
accordance with any instructions which such
landlord and such lodger, respectively, may
receive from the Medical Officer of Health of
the Sanitary Authority, may be most suitable
for the circumstances of the case.
18. A lodger in a lodging-house shall not
cause or suffer any animal to be kept in any
room which has been let to or is occupied by
such lodger, or elsewhere upon the premises
in such a manner as to render such room or
premises filthy.
Penalties.
19. Every person who shall offend against
any of the foregoing bye-laws shall be liable
for every such offence to a penalty of five
pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence
to a further penalty of forty shillings for each
day after written notice of the offence from the
Sanitary Authority:
Provided, nevertheless, that the justices or
court before whom any complaint may be