Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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22. A lodger in a registered lodging-house, or an occupant of any room
therein, shall not throw any filth or wet refuse into any ashpit or dustbin
belonging to such house.
CLEANLINESS.
23. Every lodger in a registered lodging-house shall cause the floor of
every room which has been let to him to be kept thoroughly swept and
cleansed.
24. Every lodger in a registered lodging-house shall cause every window,
every fixture or fitting of wood, or stone, or metal, and every painted surface in
every room which has been let to him to be kept thoroughly cleansed.
25. Every lodger in a registered 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.
26. In every case where a lodger in a registered lodging-house is entitled
to the exclusive use of any staircase, landing, or passage in such house, such
lodger shall cause every part of such staircase, landing, or passage to be kept
thoroughly cleansed.
ANIMALS.
27. A lodger in a registered lodging-house shall not cause or suffer any
animal to be kept in any room which has been let to such lodger, or elsewhere
upon the premises in such a manner as to render the condition of such room
or premises filthy or unwholesome.
CISTERNS.
28. In every case where a lodger in a registered lodging-house is entitled
to the exclusive use of any cistern or other receptacle for the storage of water
supplied to the premises, such lodger shall cause every part of the interior of
such cistern or receptacle to be kept thoroughly cleansed.
29. In every case where two or more lodgers in a registered lodging-house
are entitled to the use in common of any cistern or other receptacle for the