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the provision of five hundred cubic feet of free air space for
each person of an age exceeding ten years, and of two
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 not used exclusively
for that purpose, and which in the case of the lodger has been
let to that lodger.
5. The keeper, or where there is no keeper, the landlord,
of a lodging-house, within a period of fourteen days after he
shall have been required by a notice in writing, signed by the
Town Clerk and duly served upon or delivered to such keeper
or landlord as the case may be, to supply the information
necessary for the registration of the lodging-house by the
Council, shall, himself, or by his agent duly authorised in that
behalf, sign and furnish to the Council a true statement of the
following particulars with respect to the lodging-house; that
is to say—
(a) The total number of rooms in the house :
(b) The total number of rooms let in lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family :
(c) The manner of use of each room :
(d) The number, age, and sex of the occupants of each
room used for sleeping :
(e) The Christian name and surname of the lessee of each
room ; and
(/) The amount of rent or charge per week payable by each
lessee.
6. In any case where the landlord of a lodging-house
resides in any part of the premises, the landlord, and in any
case where the landlord of a lodging-house does not reside in
any part of the premises, every keeper or lodger who is entitled
to have or to exercise the control of the outer door of the
premises shall, at all times when required by the Medical
Officer of Health, the Sanitary Inspector, or any other officer
specially appointed or authorised by the Council in that behalf,
afford any such officer free access to the interior of the premises
for the purpose of inspection-