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St Giles (Camden) 1866

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

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5.—Two Children under ten years of age may
be counted as one lodger.
6.—The person letting such house or part of a
house shall reduce the number of persons allowed to
inhabit the same, or any part thereof, upon receiving
notice from the said Board; such notice shall state
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,
passages, and yards of such houses, to be thoroughly
cleaned, and well and sufficiently limewashed whenever
the Board shall direct, and shall cause the floors of all
the rooms, passages and stairs of such house, or part
of a house, and every private court, back yard and area
belonging to such house or part of a house, to be kept
at all times cleaned and washed. 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,
provided that the Board may in particular instances,
where the walls of rooms are otherwise covered than
by limewashing, specify the times at which such covering
shall be removed and renewed.
8.—The person letting such house or part of a