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St Giles (Camden) 1866

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

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Regulations. And such person so registered shall be
responsible for the observance of the following Regulations
until he shall give notice in writing to the
said Board at their office that he has ceased to be tenant
of the said house, or part of a house.
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 as hereinafter mentioned.
3.—A Registration Memorandum according to the
form 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 memorandum whenever required by
any officer appointed for inspecting such houses by the
said Board. The Board will in no case sanction a
provision of less than 400 cubic feet of space for each
person.
4.—The person letting such house, or part of a
house, shall put up in a conspicuous place in each room
a notice of the number of such room, and of the
number of persons allowed to sleep therein.