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6.—No carpets, mats, &c., can be permitted to be beaten or shaken
after 10 o'clock in the morning. Refuse must not be thrown
from the doors or windows.
7.—Tenants must pay all costs for the repairs, &c., of windows, keys,
grates, and boilers broken or damaged in their rooms.
8.—Children will not be allowed to play on the stairs, in the
passages, or in the laundries.
9.—Dogs must not be kept on the premises.
10.—Tenants are required to distemper and whitewash their rooms
at least once a year to the satisfaction of the Trustees or their
agents, but must not paper, paint, or drive nails into the
walls.
11.—No tenant will be permitted to underlet or take in lodgers, or
to keep a shop of any kind.
12.——'The acceptance of any gratuity by the Superintendent or
porters from Tenants or applicants for rooms will lead to their
immediate dismissal.
13.—Disorderly and intemperate Tenants will receive immediate
notice to quit.
14.—The gas will be turned off at 11 p.m.
15.—Tenants are required to report to the Superintendent any
births, deaths, or infectious diseases, such as small-pox,
measles, diphtheria, and scarlet, typhoid and typhus fevers,
occurring in their rooms. Any Tenant not complying with
this rule will receive notice to quit.
N.B.—The Superintendent is particularly instructed to prevent overcrowding
and improper accommodation.
II,—Buildings belonging to the Incorporated Society for
Improving the Condition of the Working Classes.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1850.
Secretary, Mr. Humphreys, 8, Southampton Row, W.C.
A.—THE MODEL HOUSES, STREATHAM STREET.
Resident Superintendent, Mr. Sayers.
These dwellings were opened in 1842.
During the year 1892 they were occupied by 206 persons,
139 adults and 67 children under 5.