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Report by the Medical Officer of Health upon bye-laws for houses let in lodgings or tenement-houses
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and in the event of no such objection
being made, such house shall,
at the expiration of fourteen days
after the service of such notice from
the Sanitary Authority, be deemed
to be a Registered House; and in
the event of any objection being
received by the Sanitary Authority
it shall be considered at a Meeting
of the Sanitary Authority, and if
the Sanitary Authority shall, notwithstanding
such objection, resolve
that such house shall be registered,
then such house shall be deemed to
be a "Registered House" from the
date of such resolution.
4.—The Landlord of a tenementhouse
proposed to be registered, shall,
within a period of seven days after he
shall have been required by a notice
in writing, duly served upon or
delivered to such Landlord, or, in
case he cannot be found, his agent
or representative, supply to the Sanitary
Authority the information necessary
for the registration of such house,
on forms supplied for the purpose,
and shall sign a true statement of the
following particulars, with respect to
such house; that is to say—
(a) The number of rooms in the
house.
(b) The dimensions and use of each
room and name of the Tenant.
(c) The number, age, und sex of
the occupants of each room
used for sleeping.
Space.
5.—No Landlord or Tenant of a
Registered-House shall knowingly
permit or suffer a greater number of
persons than will admit of the provision
of 300 cubic feet of free air
space for each person to occupy at
any one time as a sleeping apartment
4.— In the Register the facts as
ascertained by the Sanitary Inspector,
checked by the information obtained
from the Landlord or his agent, are
entered with regard to each house,
and each room in the house, under
the following heads:—As to the
house : situation of the house, the
name and address of the Landlord or
his agent. As to each room in the
house : the situation of each room as
to floor, and whether front or back;
dimensions in feet of the height,
length, and width, and the cubic
space of each room; for what purpose
used, whether sleeping or living,
or working; the number of persons
sleeping in the room, stating separately
the males over 10, females over
10, children under 10, and the total
number, and the name of the tenant.
As to subsequent notes; records of
the Inspectors visits, and remarks.
5 & 6.—Factory and Workshop
Acts, 1895. Section 1 (1): A Factory
shall for the purpose of section 3 of
the principal Act, and a Workshop
shall for the purpose of the law relating
to public health, be deemed to
be so overcrowded as to be dangerous