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BYELAWS.
Made by the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, being the
Sanitary Authority for the said Parish—
(a) For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a house or part
of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more
than one family.
(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.
1. In these Byelaws, unless the context otherwise requires, the
following words and expressions have the meanings hereinafter respectively
assigned to them ; that is to say—
"Sanitary Authority" means the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary,
Newington.
"Lodging-house" means a house or part of a house which is let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family.
"Landlord" in relation to a house or part of a house which is let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family, means the
person (whatever may be the nature or extent of his interest in the
premises) by whom or on whose behalf such house or part of a house is let
in lodgings or for occupation by members of more than one family, or
who for the time being receives, or is entitled to receive the profits arising
from such letting.
"Lodger" in relation to a house or part of a house which is let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family, moans a person
to whom any room or rooms in such house or part of a house may have
been let as a lodging or for his use and occupation.
2. A lodging-house shall be exempt from the operation of these Byelaws
until the landlord of such lodging-house shall have been required in
pursuance of Byelaw number 5 to furnish the statement of particulars
therein mentioned.
3. The landlord of a lodging-house or a lodger therein shall not
knowingly cause or suffer a greater number of persons than will
admit of the provision of three hundred cubic feet of free air space for
each person of an age exceeding ten years, and of one hundred and fifty
cubic feet of free air space for each person of an age not exceeding ten
years, to occupy at any one time as a sleeping apartment a room which is
used exclusively for that purpose, and which is under the control of such
landlord, or which has been let to such lodger respectively, as the case
may be.
4. The landlord of a lodging-house, or a lodger therein, shall not
knowingly cause or suffer a greater number of persons than will admit
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