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6.—The person letting such house or part of a house
shall reduce the number of persons permitted to inhabit the
same, or any part thereof, upon receiving notice to that effect
from the said Board; such notice stating the special cause
of the same being given, and the period during which it
shall continue in force.
7.—The person letting such house or part of a house
shall keep the same in repair, and cause the walls and
ceilings of every room, and of the staircases and passages, and .
yards of such house to be thoroughly cleaned, and well and
sufficiently limewashed four times (at least) in every year,
at such periods as may be directed by the said Board, and
shall cause the floors of all the rooms, passages and stairs
of such house, or part of a house, to be kept at all times
clean and washed, and swept at least twice a week, and also
shall cleanse and wash every private court, back yard and
area belonging to such house or part of a house, daily. The
cellars of such house shall be cleaned out once a week, and
shall also be limewashed as often as need shall require by
the person letting the said house, or any part thereof.
8.—The person letting such house or part of a house,
shall cause every room to be ventilated from the outside
and otherwise, and the passages and staircases in such
house or part of a house, to be lighted and ventilated at
their highest part, and elsewhere, to the satisfaction of the
Medical Officer of Health.
9.—The person letting such house, or part of a house,
shall provide such accommodation for washing, and such a
supply of water for the use of the lodgers, with proper
covered cisterns and apparatus above ground, as shall be