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St Pancras 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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For the purposes of this by-law a "lodging-house" means a house or part
of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family. "Landlord" in relation to a house or part of a house which is let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family means the person
(whatever may be the nature or extent of his interest) by whom or on whose
behalf such house or part of a house is let in lodgings or for occupation by
members of more than one family or who for the time being receives or is
entitled to receive the profits arising from such letting. "Lodger," in relation
to a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members
of more than one family means a person to whom any room or rooms in such
house or part of a house may have been let as a lodging or for his use or
occupation.
Nothing in this by-law shall extend to any common lodging-house.
Penalties.
(2) Every person who shall offend against the foregoing by-law 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 sanitary authority.
Provided nevertheless that the court before whom any complaint may be
made or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence may, if
they think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full
amount of the penalty imposed by this by-law.
Repeal of by-law.
(3) From and after the date of the confirmation of these by-laws the bylaw
numbered 26 (twenty-six) in tbe by-laws relating to water closets, earth
closets, privies, ash pits, cesspools, and receptacles for dung, and the proper
accessories thereof in connection with buildings, which were made by the
London County Council on the twenty-second day of June in the year One
thousand eight hundred and ninety three, and were confirmed by the Local
Government Board on the Twenty-eighth day of June in the year One thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three, shall be repealed.
The Seal of the London County Council was hereunto affixed on the tenth
day of November, 1904.
G. L. Gomme,
Clerk of the Council.
The foregoing by-laws with respect to water closets, earth closets, privies,
and receptacles for dung, arc herein- allowed by the Local Government Board
this third day of January, 1905.
S. B. Provis,
Secretary.
Acting on behalf of the said Board under the
authority of their General Order, dated
the twenty-sixth day of May, 1877.