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"Lodger," in relation to a lodging-house, means a person to whom any
room or rooms in the lodging-house may have been let as a lodging
or for his use and occupation.
(а) For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a house
or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by
members of more than one family.
(b) For the registration of houses so let or occupied:
(c) For the inspection of such houses:
(d) For enforcing drainage for such houses, and for promoting
cleanliness and ventilation in such houses:
(e) For the cleansing and lime-washing at stated times of the
premises:
(f) For the taking of precautions in case of any infectious
disease.
2. A lodger in a lodging-house and, subject to the provisions of these
by-laws the tenant of the lodging-house, shall not knowingly cause or suffer
a greater number of persons than will admit of the provision of three hundred
and fifty cubic feet of free air space for each person of an age exceeding ten
years, and of one hundred and seventy-five 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 used exclusively for that purpose, and which
in the case of the lodger has been let to such lodger.
3. A lodger in a lodging-house and, subject to the provisions of these
by-laws the tenant of the lodging-house, shall not knowingly cause or suffer
a greater number of persons than will admit of the provision of four hundred
and fifty cubic feet of free air space for each person of an age not exceeding
ten years, and of two hundred and twenty-five 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.
4. The tenant 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 the tenant, 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—
(а) The total number of rooms in the house :
(б) 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.
5. Where the tenant of a lodging-house resides in any part of the premises,
the tenant, and in any case where the tenant of a lodging-house does not
reside in any part of the premises, every lodger who is entitled to have or to
exercise the control of the outer door of the premises, and every other person
who, being resident in any part of the premises, is entitled to have or to