Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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a room to occupation by any person in respect of
such fractional part.
REGULATION XI.
The Owner of any house or part of a house let
in lodgings or occupied by members of more than
one family, shall put up, in a conspicuous place in
every room of such house or part of a house, a
Card, to be furnished by the Commissioners of
Sewers of the City of London, and signed by the
Medical Officer of Health for the said City, stating
the number of persons allowed to sleep in the room ;
and the said Card shall at all times be kept there
exposed, visible and legible.
REGULATION XII.
Whenever a person is attacked or taken with,
or has Fever, Small-pox, Cholera, or any infectious
or contagious disease, in any room in any house or
part of a house let in lodgings or occupied by
members of more than one family, and which room
shall be let in lodgings to or occupied by members
of more than one family, notice thereof shall be
given immediately, by the Owner, to the Medical
Officer of Health for the City of London, at the
Sewers Office, Guildhall.