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thereof be necessary for the purpose of keeping the premises
in a cleanly and wholesome condition.
16. Subject to the provisions of these bye-laws the
landlord of a lodging-house shall provide adequate means of
ventilation in or in connection with every common passage or
staircase in the lodging-house, and shall cause the said means
of ventilation to be maintained at all times in good order.
17. Subject to the provisions of these bye-laws the
landlord of a Iodging-house shall cause all such means of
ventilation as are provided in or in connection with any room
in the lodging-house to be maintained at all times in good
order.
18. 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 keeper, or
where there is no keeper and the landlord resides on the
premises the landlord of the lodging-house, and the lodger to
whom any room whereof the person aforesaid may be an
occupant has been let shall, on being informed of the order,
forthwith take all such steps as are requisite on the part of
the keeper or landlord and of the lodger respectively, to secure
the safe and prompt removal of the said person in compliance
with the order, and shall, in and about the removal adopt all
such precautions as, in accordance with any instructions which
such keeper or landlord and such lodger, respectively, may
receive from the Medical Officer of Health of the Council, are
most suitable for the circumstances of the case.
19. Where a duty imposed upon or a prohibition applied
to the keeper or landlord of a lodging-house, as the case may
be, is by any bye-law expressly imposed or applied subject to
the provisions of these bye-laws, proceedings shall not be taken
against the keeper or landlord, as the case may be, for an
offence against the bye-law unless and until the keeper or
landlord, as the case may be, after service upon him of a notice
in writing by the Council requiring him within such