London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Rotherhithe 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

This page requires JavaScript

42
By-laws, Regulations and Officers' Duties.
Officers' Duties.
Hall and House Keepers.
On 18th May, 1897, the Vestry approved the following list of duties prepared by the
Clerk
1. The Hall-Keeper and his wife shall act at all times under the directions of the Vestry
Clerk, and devote the whole of their time to their duties.
2. The Hall-Keeper shall commence duty not later than 7.30 a.m. daily (Sundays excepted)
or such earlier time or times as may be required, and shall remain on duty (with the exception
of the necessary intervals for meals) until the building is closed for the night, and shall not leave
the building at other times without first obtaining the consent of the Vestry Clerk.
3. The Hall-Keeper and his wife shall be responsible for the complete and efficient
cleansing, warming, lighting, ventilating and safe-keeping, etc., of the building and the property
therein.
4. The Hall-Keeper shall see that the various offices are properly swept, dusted and ready
for occupation by the staff not later than 9 a.m. (Sundays excepted), and shall see that the gas
and the fires are safely extinguished when the otfices and rooms are vacated for the day.
5. The Hall-Keeper shall take care that all chimneys, lavatories, water-closets, etc., in the
building are periodically and satisfactorily cleansed, and report anything amiss with the same to
the Vestry Clerk.
5a. The Hall-Keeper shall attend to the furnaces and heating apparatus to regulate the
temperature of the Hall, and see that the same is done with safety to the building.
6. The Hall-Keeper shall see that the corridor and vestibules are kept quiet and orderly
while the building is in use.
7. The Hall-Keeper shall report immediately to the Vestry Clerk any instance in which
the conditions of the letting of the Public Hall, etc., shall have been or are likely to be
infringed, and shall be responsible for the preparation of the Public Hall, etc., or any other
portion ot the building which may be let for concerts, balls, lectures, meetings, or other
entertainments.