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15. A lodger in a lodging-house shall not:—
(a) Keep or permit to be kept any animal in any room let to him or elsewhere upon the premises
in such manner as to render the room or premises filthy or unwholesome.
(b) Deposit or cause or knowingly permit to be deposited by any member of his family any
filth or liquid refuse in any receptacle provided for the deposit of dust, ashes or house refuse to be
removed by the Corporation.
(c) Deposit or permit to be deposited any filth or refuse upon any fixture or part of the premises
which he is entitled to use in conjunction with other persons.
FOR REQUIRING PROVISION ADEQUATE FOR THE USE OF AND READILY
ACCESSIBLE TO EACH FAMILY OF
(i.) Closet accommodation;
(ii.) Washing accommodation;
(iii.) Accommodation for the storage, preparation and cooking of food;
AND, WHERE NECESSARY. FOR SECURING SEPARATE ACCOMMODATION AS AFORESAID
FOR EVERY PART OF A LODGING-HOUSE WHICH IS OCCUPIED AS A SEPARATE
DWELLING.
16. Every owner of a lodging-house shall provide and maintain for the use of each family by
whom any part of the house is occupied, and so far as is practicable on the storey or one of the storeys
in which are situate the rooms or lodgings in the separate occupation of the family:—
(a) Water-closet accommodation;
(b) Accommodation for washing clothes;
(c) Accommodation for the storage of food in a reasonably cool position, with proper
lation from the external air wherever practicable, and with protection from dust
and flies;
(d) Accommodation for the preparation and cooking of food;
and, where reasonably necessary, and so far as practicable, the owner shall provide separate accommodation
as specified in (a), (b), (c) and (d) aforesaid for each such family.
FOR THE KEEPING IN REPAIR AND ADEQUATE LIGHTING OF ANY COMMON
STAIRCASE IN A LODGING-HOUSE.
17. Every owner of a lodging-house shall:—
(a) Keep every common staircase in the lodging-house in a state of good repair.
(b) Wherever practicable, provide every common staircase in the lodging-house with adequate
means of lighting by natural light, including in the case of a new building constructed for use as a
lodging-house a window or windows with a total superficies clear of the sash frames of not less than
four square feet on the staircase at each storey above the ground storey opening directly into the
external air.
(c) Provide adequate means for the artificial lighting of every common staircase.
18. Every tenant of a lodging-house shall keep efficient and adequately lighted from one hour
after sunset to eleven o'clock p.m. all means provided for the artificial lighting of any common staircase,
and shall also keep efficient and adequately lighted at other times as and when necessary all
means provided for the artificial lighting of any common staircase for which it shall not be practicable
to provide adequate natural lighting.
FOR THE CLEANSING AND REDECORATION OF THE LODGING-HOUSE PREMISES AT
STATED TIMES AND FOR THE PAVING OF THE COURTS AND COURTYARDS.
19. Every owner of a lodging-house shall, not later than the 30th April in each year:—
(a) Thoroughly cleanse every part of the premises, including the walls of any area or open
space within the curtilage of the premises.
(b) Where and in so far as it is necessary for effective cleansing, renew all unclean or unwholesome
interior paint-work and strip off and renew all unclean or unwholesome wall-paper and renew
all other unclean or unwholesome interior wall or ceiling coverings (including limewashing or distempering)
in the lodging-house, and before renewing such wall-paper and wall coverings he shall properly
stop and make good all holes and cracks in the walls. Provided that in lieu of renewing such wallpaper
he may properly distemper with washable distemper the wall surface previously covered by
such wall-paper.
20. Every tenant of a lodging-house shall, not later than the 30th April in each year, remove
from every chimney in the lodging-house all accumulations of soot.
21. Every owner of a lodging-house shall:—
(a) Where it is necessary of the prevention or remedy of insanitary conditions that all or
part of any court or courtyard of the lodging-house should be paved, forthwith cause the same to
be properly paved with a hard, durable and impervious pavement evenly and closely laid upon a
sufficient bed of good concrete and so sloped to a properly constructed channel leading to a trapped
gully grating as effectually to carry off all rain or waste water therefrom. .
(b) At all times keep in good order and proper repair the pavement channel and grating.
FOR THE PROVISION OF HANDRAILS, WHERE NECESSARY, FOR ALL STAIRCASES
OF LODGING-HOUSES.
22. Every owner of a lodging-house shall cause every flight of stairs of every staircase of the
lodging-house to be furnished, where necessary, with a sufficient handrail or handrails securely fixed.