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Islington 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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three .hundred cubic feet of free air space for each adult to occupy at any one
time as a sleeping apartment, any room, whether used exclusively for that
purpose, or as a living and sleeping room combined.
6. A lodger in a registered lodging-house shall not knowingly cause or
suffer a greater number of persons than will admit of the provision of three
hundred cubic feet of free air space for each adult to occupy at any one time,
as a sleeping apartment, any room, whether used exclusively for that purpose,
or as a living and sleeping room combined, and which has been let to such lodger.
INSPECTION.
7. In every case where the landlord of a registered lodging-house occupies
or resides in any part of the premises, or retains a general possession or control of
the premises, such landlord shall, at ail times when required by the Officer of
the Nuisance Authority, afford any such Officer free access to the interior of the
premises for the purpose of inspection.
8. In every case where the landlord of a registered lodging-house does
not occupy or reside in any part of the premises, or retain a general possession
or control of the premises, every 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 Officer of the Nuisance Authority, afford such Officer free access to the
interior of the premises for the purpose of inspection.
9. Every lodger in a registered lodging-house shall, at all times when
required by the Officer of the Nuisance Authority, afford any such Officer free
access for the purpose of inspection to the interior of any room or rooms which
may have been let to such lodger.
10. In every case where the Officer of the Nuisance Authority has, for
for the purpose of inspection, obtained access to the interior of a registered
lodging-house, or to the interior of any room or rooms in such house, a person
fchall not wilfully obstruct any such Officer in the inspection of any part of the
'premises, or, without reasonable excuse, neglect or refuse, when-required by
any such Officer, to render him such assistance as may be reasonably necessary
for the purpose of such inspection.
COURTYARDS AND AREAS.
11. The landlord of a registered lodging-house shall cause every court
and court-yard thereof to be properly paved with a hard, durable, and