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Provided that the foregoing requirement with respect to the lime-washing of the
internal surface of the walls of rooms, staircases, and passages shall not apply in
any case where the internal surface of any such wall is painted, or where the material
of or with which such surface is constructed or covered is such as to render the
lime-washing thereof unsuitable or inexpedient, and where such surface is thoroughly
cleansed and the paint or other covering is renewed, if the renewal thereof
be necessary for the purpose of keeping the premises in a cleanly and wholesome
condition.
15.—The landlord of a lodging-house shall provide adequate means of ventilation
in or in connection with every common passage or staircase in such house, and shall
cause such means of ventilation to be maintained at all times in good order.
16.—The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause all such means of ventilation
as may be provided in or connection with any room in such house to be maintained
at. all times in good order.
17.—The keeper of a lodging-house in which furnished rooms are let shall cause
the bedding, furniture, and other articles in such rooms to be at all times maintained
in a clean and wholesome condition, and free from insects.
18.—In every case where, in pursuance of any statutory provision in that
behalf, an order of a justice has been obtained for the removal from a lodging-house
to a hospital of a person who is suffering from any dangerous infectious disease and is without
proper lodging or accommodation, the keeper of such house and the lodger to
whom any room whereof such person may be an occupant has been let shall, on
being informed of such order, forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on
the part of such keeper and of such lodger, respectively, to secure the safe and
prompt removal of such person in compliance with such order, and shall in and
about such removal, adopt all such precautions as in accordance with any instruc
tions which such keeper and such lodger, respectively, may receive from the Medical
Officer of Health of the Council may be most suitable for the circumstances of the
case.
19.—Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing by-laws shall
be liable for every such offence to a penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a
continuing offence to a further penalty of forty shillings for each day after written
notice of the offence from the Council.
Provided, nevertheless, that the justices or court before whom any complaint
may be made or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence, may,
if they think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full
amount of the penalty imposed by this bye-law.
20.—From and after the date of the confirmation of these by-laws, any by-laws
with respect to houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one
family, in force in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, shall be repealed.