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City of London 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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properly trapped; and all necessary things shall be
done, so as to prevent the escape of effluvia, or
noxious, nauseous, or offensive gases or stinks from
the sewers or drains.
REGULATION IV.
All cellars, yards, and areas of or belonging to
any house or part of a house let in lodgings or
occupied by members of more than one family,
shall be properly paved, flagged, drained, and kept
so that all rain, waste, and other water, shall readily
flow off, and so that the same may be kept reasonably
dry and free from noxious, nauseous, or offensive
gases or stinks.
REGULATION V.
A covered dust-bin shall be provided for every
house or part of a house let in lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family, which shall
be of sufficient size to contain the dust, ashes,
rubbish, and ordinary house refuse that may accumulate
in the course of a week, the dust-bin to be
in a yard if possible, and the bin shall be properly
cleared out, and all the dust, ashes, rubbish, and
ordinary house refuse shall be cleared away at least
once in a week. The Owner shall give notice at
the Sewers' Office, Guildhall, whenever the