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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 satisfactory to the Medical Officer
of Health. The cisterns shall be of such size as to
give at least fifteen gallons a day to each inmate of
such house.
10.—Every such house shall be furnished with a
covered dust bin of sufficient size to contain the dust,
ashes, &c., that may accumulate in the intervals of
clearing away, which shall not exceed one week; such
dust bin to be in the best situation practicable.
11.—A water closet shall be provided in the yard
of every such house, or where a water closet cannot be
so provided, then outside the house, in the best
situation practicable. If it is desired that one water
closet should serve in common for two or more small
houses, the sanction of the Board must be previously
obtained thereto. For every twenty persons to be
accommodated a separate closet shall be provided.