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(b) Where the rent or charge payable by each lodger, and inclusive of any
charge for the use by the lodger of any furniture, is at the rate of not less than
12s. 6d. per week.
(a) For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a
house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family;
(b) For the registration of houses so let or occupied;
(c) For the inspection of such houses;
(d) For enforcing drainage for such houses, and for promoting cleanliness
and ventilation in such houses ;
(e) For the cleansing and lime-washing at stated times of the premises:
(f) For the taking of precautions in case of any infectious disease.
3. A lodger in a lodging house and (subject to the provisions of these By-laws)
the tenant of the lodging house shall not, knowingly, cause or suffer a greater number
of persons than will admit of the provision of three hundred cubic feet of free air
space for each person of an age exceeding ten years, and of one hundred and fifty
cubic feet of such space for each person of an age not exceeding ten years to occupy,
at any one time, as a sleeping apartment, a room which is used exclusively for that
purpose, and which, in the case of the lodger, has been let to that lodger.
4. A lodger in a lodging house and (subject to the provisions of these By-laws)
the tenant of the lodging house shall not, knowingly, cause or suffer a greater number
of persons than will admit of the provision of four hundred cubic feet of free air
space for each person of an age exceeding ten years, and of two hundred cubic feet of
such space for each person of an age not exceeding ten years to occupy, at any one
time, as a sleeping apartment, a room which is not used exclusively for that purpose,
and which, in the case of the lodger, has been let to that lodger.
5. The tenant of a lodging house within a period of fourteen days after he shall
have been required by a notice in writing, signed by the Clerk to the Council, and duly
served upon or delivered to such tenant, to supply the information necessary for the
registration of such house by the Council, shall, himself, or by his agent duly authorised
in that behalf, sign and furnish to the Council a true statement of the following
particulars with respect to such house, that is to say:—
(a) The total number of rooms in the house;
(b) The total number of rooms let in lodgings or occupied by members of
more than one family;
(c) The manner of use of each room;
(d) The number, age and sex of the occupants of each room used for
sleeping;
(e) The Christian name and surname of the lessee of each room; and
(f) The amount of rent or charge per week payable by each lessee.