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11. Every lodger in a lodging-house shall cause all solid
or liquid filth or refuse to be removed once at least in every
day from every room which has been let to him, and shall
once at least in every day cause every vessel, utensil, or other
receptacle for such filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
12. In every case where a lodger in a lodging-house is
entitled to the exclusive use of any staircase, landing, or
passage in the lodging-house, the lodger shall cause every part
of the staircase, landing, or passage to be thoroughly cleansed
from time to time as often as is requisite.
13. A lodger in a lodging-house shall not cause or suffer
any animal to be kept in any room which has been let to the
lodger or elsewhere upon the premises in such a manner as
to render the condition of the room or premises filthy.
14. Subject to the provisions of these bye-laws the
keeper, or where there is no keeper and the landlord resides
on the premises, the landlord of a lodging-house shall cause
every common passage or staircase in the lodging-house to
be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as is
requisite.
15. Subject to the provisions of these bye-laws the
landlord of a lodging-house shall, at least once, and when
required by the Council, at a specified date in every year, cause
every part of the premises to be cleansed.
He shall, at the same time, when it is necessary for
thorough cleansing, cause the walls of every area, the surface
of every ceiling, and the interior surface of every wall of every
room, staircase, and passage in the lodging-house, and of
every water closet belonging to the premises to be thoroughly
lime-washed.
Provided that the foregoing requirement with respect to
lime-washing shall not apply in any case where the internal
surface of any such ceiling or wall is painted, or where the
material of or with which that surface is constructed or covered
is such as to render the lime-washing thereof unsuitable or
inexpedient, and where the said surface is thoroughly cleansed,
and the paint or other covering is renewed, if the renewal