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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
20. Every lodger in a lodging-house and, subject to the
provisions of these by-laws, the landlord of a lodging-house
shall cause all such means of ventilation as are provided in or in
connection with any room in the lodging-house to be maintained
at all times in good order.
Infectious
diseases
21. Where in pursuance of any statutory provision in that
behalf, an order of a justice has been obtained for the removal
from a lodging-house to a hospital of a person who is suffering
from any dangerous or infectious disease and is without proper
lodging or accommodation, the landlord of a lodging-house, where
the landlord resides in any part of the premises, and the lodger
to whom any room whereof the person aforesaid may be an
occupant has been let shall, on being informed of the order,
forthwith take all such steps as are requisite on the part of the
landlord and of the lodger, respectively, to secure the safe and
prompt removal of the said person in compliance with the order,
and shall in and about the removal, adopt all such precautions
as, in accordance with any instructions which the landlord and
the lodger, respectively, may receive from the Medical Officer
of Health of the Council, are most suitable for the circumstances
of the case.
22. Where a duty imposed upon or a prohibition applied to
the owner or the landlord of a lodging-house (as the case may
be) is by any by-law expressly imposed or applied, subject to
the provisions of these by-laws, proceedings shall not be taken
against the owner or the landlord for an offence against the bylaw
unless and until the owner or the landlord, after service
upon him of a notice in writing by the Council requiring him
within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice to
comply with the by-law, has failed to comply with the by-law
within the time so specified.
Penalties.
23. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing
by-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty
of five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further
penalty of forty shillings for each day after written notice of the
offence from the Council