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Report of the Medical Officer of. Health.
belonging to the lodging-house may communicate, to be maintained
at all times in good order and efficient action.
The owner or the landlord shall also cause all such means of
ventilation as are provided in or in connection therewith to be
maintained at all times in good order.
If such drain or means of drainage or ventilation shall not be
in good order, owing to any want or defect of a structural
character it shall be the duty of the owner to comply with this
by-law, in other cases it shall be the duty of the landlord
to do so.
Removal of
filth
11. Every landlord in a lodging-house who occupies or resides
in any part of the premises shall cause all solid or liquid filth or
refuse to be removed once at least in every day from every room
which he occupies in such lodging-house, and shall once at least
in every day cause every vessel, utensil or other receptacle for
such filth or refuse, to be thoroughly cleansed.
12. Every lodger in a 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, and shall once at
least in every day cause every vessel, utensil, or other receptacle
for the said filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
Cleansing
of floors,
painted surfaces,
&c.
13. Every lodger in a lodging-house shall cause the floor of
every room which has been let to him, and every fitting or
fixture of wood, stone or metal, and every painted surface in
every room to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often
as may be necessary for maintaining the same in a cleanly
condition.
Lodger's
duty as to
staircases
14. Where a lodger in a lodging-house is entitled to the exclusive
use of any staircase, landing, or passage in the lodging-house,
the lodger shall cause every part of the staircase, landing or
passage to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often
as requisite.
15. The landlord of a lodging-house who occupies or resides
in any part of the premises shall not cause or suffer any animal
to be kept in any room which he occupies in any such lodging-