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"introducing, using or performing any disinfecting process which the
"Commissioners may order, and the expenses incurred by the Com"missioners
in so introducing, using or performing any disinfecting
"process shall be recoverable by them in a summary manner from the
"owner or person keeping the lodging house in which the same shall
"have been so introduced, used or performed ; and if any keeper of such
"lodging house shall offend against any of the provisions in this
"Enactment contained, or against any of the Regulations made by the
"Commissioners from time to time by virtue of this Act, he shall be
"liable for each such offence to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds,
"and the like penalty for any day after the first upon which any such
"offence shall be continued ; and the expression " Common Lodging
"House" shall, for the purposes of this Act, mean any house not being
"a Licensed Victualling House, let, or any part of which is let at a daily
"or weekly rent not exceeding the rate of Three Shillings and Sixpence
"per week, or in which persons are harboured or lodged for hire for a
"single night or for less than a week at one time, or in which any room
"let for hire is occupied by more than one family at one time."
These revised Regulations were formally approved and adopted by the
Court of Common Council on the 30th October last, on which date they came
into operation.
REGULATIONS for the preservation of decency and health, made on the
30th October, 1902, by the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of
the City of London, pursuant to Section 10 of the City of London
Sewers Act, 1851.
INTERPRETATION OF TERMS.
In these Regulations the following words and expressions have the
meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them; that is to say:—
"Common Lodging House" means any house, not being a licensed
victualling house, let, or any part of which is let, at a daily or weekly rent
not exceeding the rate of 3s. 6d. per week, or in which persons are
harboured or lodged for hire for a single night, or for less than a week
at one time, or in which any room let for hire is occupied by more than
one family at one time.
"Keeper" in relation to a Common Lodging House means the
person whose name is recorded in the Register kept by the Corporation
as owner or Keeper of a Common Lodging House.
"The Corporation" means the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens
of the City of London acting as the Common Council of the said City.