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storage of water supplied to the premises, the landlord shall cause every part
of the interior of such cistern or receptacle to be kept thoroughly cleansed.
COMMON PASSAGES AND STAIRCASES.
30. The landlord of a registered lodging-house shall cause every common
passage or staircase in such house to be thoroughly cleansed from time
to time as often as may be requisite. "When necessary for the purpose of
keeping any such common passage or staircase in a clean and wholesome state,
the landlord shall adopt the means requisite to exclude therefrom, between
12 p.m. and 5 a.m., any person who has no reasonable claim to use the same.
VENTILATION.
31. The landlord of a registered lodging-house shall provide adequate
means of ventilation in or in connexion with every common passage or staircase
in such house, and shall cause such means of ventilation to be maintained
at all times in good order.
32. The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause" all such means of ventilation
as may be provided in or in connexion with any room in such house to
be maintained at all times in good order.
SPRING CLEANING.
33. The landlord of a registered lodging-house shall, in the first week in
the month of April in every year, cause every part of the premises to be
cleansed.
He shall, at the same time, except in such cases as are hereinafter
specified, cause every area, the interior surface of every ceiling and wall of
every water-closet belonging to the premises, and the interior surface of every
ceiling and wall of every room, staircase and passage in the house to be
thoroughly lime-whited.
Provided that the foregoing requirement with respect to the lime-whiting
of the internal surface of the walls of rooms, staircases, and passages shall not
apply in any case where the internal surface of any such wall is painted, or
where the material of or with which such surface is constructed or covered is
such as to render the lime-whiting thereof unsuitable or inexpedient, and
where such surface is thoroughly cleansed, and the paint or other covering is
renewed, if the renewal thereof be necessary for the purpose of keeping the
premises in a cleanly and wholesome condition.