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St Giles (Camden) 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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of the house or part of a house so to he registered, and that
the said house or part of a house is furnished with all the
conveniences required by the following Regulations.
2.—No person who shall let a house or any part of a
house in lodgings, or to be occupied by members of more
than one family, shall permit the same to be occupied by a
greater number of persons than shall be fixed by the Board
of Works for the Saint Giles District, as is hereinafter
mentioned.
3.—A Ticket, according to the form A in the Schedule
to these Regulations, under the Common Seal of the said
Board, stating the entire number of persons allowed to sleep
in each such house, and which number such house is
registered to accommodate, will be supplied to the person
letting such house, and he is to produce such ticket whenever
required by any officer appointed for inspecting such
houses by the said Board The Board will in no case
sanction an accommodation less than 400 cubic feet of
space for each person.
4.—The person letting such house, shall put up in a
conspicuous place in each room a ticket signed by the Clerk
of the said Board, stating the number of persons allowed to
sleep in such room, which will be supplied to the person
letting such house, and he shall keep such ticket at all times
visible and legible, which ticket shall be according to the
form contained in the Schedule to these Regulations
marked B.
5.—Two Children under ten years of age may be
counted as one lodger.