Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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12.—Every house shall be properly drained into
the public sewer, and every drain shall be provided
with efficient immoveable traps at each entrance to the
drain.
13.—Every water closet shall be provided with
pan, trap, and properly acting water apparatus, to be
affixed within the cistern supplying such water, and
the floor and walls thereof shall be kept free from filth,
and clean in all other respects.
14 —The yards, areas, and cellars of every such
house shall be properly paved with flag paving, sloping
towards the sink in the said yard or area. All private
courts adjoining such houses to be similarly paved.
15.—Every registered house, and every room
thereof, shall be open to the Medical Officer of Health,
and any other Officer of the Board appointed for the
inspection thereof.
16.—Any person registered to let, or who shall
let any house or part of a house in lodgings to be
occupied by members of more than one family, who
shall neglect to carry out, or fail to comply with, any
of the above Regulations, shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding Forty Shillings, with an additional
penalty not exceeding Twenty Shillings for every day
during which such neglect may continue.