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Provided that the foregoing requirement with respect to the limewashing
of the internal surface of the walls of rooms, staircases and
passages shall not apply in any case where the internal surface of any
such wall is painted, or where the material of or with which such
surface is constructed or covered is such as to render the lime-washing
thereof unsuitable or inexpedient, and where such surface is thoroughly
cleansed and the paint or other covering is renewed, if the renewal thereof
be necessary for the purpose of keeping the premises in a cleanly and
wholesome condition.
18. The landlord of a lodging-house shall provide adequate means of
ventilation in or in connection with every common passage or staircase in
such house, and shall cause such means of ventilation to be maintained at
all times in good order.
19. The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause all sueh means of
ventilation as may be provided in or in connection with any room in such
house to be maintained at all times in good order.
20. In every case where, in pursuance of any statutory provision in
that behalf, an order of a justice has been obtained for the removal from
a lodging-house to a hospital of a person who is suffering from any
dangerous infectious disease, and is without proper lodging or accommodation,
the landlord of such house, and the lodger to whom any room
whereof such person may be an occupant has been let, shall, on being
informed of such order, forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on
the part of such landlord and of such lodger respectively, to secure the safe
and prompt removal of such person in compliance with 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.
21. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing
byelaws 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 made or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any
such offence may, if they think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of
any sum less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this byelaw.
Repeal of Regulations.
22. From and after the date of the confirmation of these byelaws,
the Regulations relating to houses or parts of houses which are let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family, which were
confirmed on the 26th day of March in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety by the Local Government Board, shall be repealed.
Building Plans.—In giving its sanction to various building plans
submitted during the year, the Vestry obtained the cession by the