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DRAINAGE.
4. The owner of a registered house shall keep all drains and drainage
apparatus in proper working order and good sanitary condition.
PRIVY ACCOMMODATION.
5. The owner of a registered house shall provide and maintain privy
modation in the proportion of one properly constructed water-closet for
every twelve persons lawfully occupying the house. Every water-closet
which may be constructed in pursuance of this regulation shall be provided
with a properly fitting door, and all requisite fastenings, and with
all requisite water supply apparatus, and with adequate means of
ventilation into the outer air. The soil-pipe shall be of impervious
material and made air-tight at the joints, and shall be adequately
ventilated.
WASHING AND WATER.
6. The owner of a registered house shall cause every part of the water supply
apparatus belonging to such house, to be maintained at all times in good
order; and shall provide adequate accommodation for washing, and an
efficient supply of water for the use of the lodgers therein.
CLEANSING AND VENTILATION.
7. The owner of a registered house shall cause the walls and ceilings of every
room and of the common passages, staircase, water-closets and outhouses
thereof, to be thoroughly stopped, cleansed, and, where not
papered or painted, well and sufficiently whitewashed or coloured, at
least once every year, between the months of April and August, both inclusive,
and at any other time when necessary. He shall strip and wash
papered walls of any room after the occurrence of any dangerously
infectious or contagious disease therein, and at any other time when
necessary.
8. The owner of a registered house shall provide requisite means for the
tilation of every room and of the common passages and staircase
thereof.
9. Every lodger in a registered house shall cause every room in his exclusive
occupation to be ventilated daily, and to be thoroughly cleansed from
time to time, as often as may be requisite for the purpose of keeping the
same in a clean and wholesome condition.
10. In every case where two or more lodgers in a registered house are
entitled to the use in common of any passage or staircase, the keeper
shall cause every part of such passage or staircase to be ventilated daily,
and to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time, as often as may be
requisite for the purpose of keeping the same in a clean and wholesome
condition.