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St Giles (Camden) 1897

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

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any case of infectious disease to be removed to the proper
hospital without delay.
12. The Council shall be at liberty, by its agents or
workmen, to enter any tenement to take the readings of the
gas-meter and collect the pence, or to inspect the state of
repair of the tenement, or for any other purpose, at all
reasonable hours of the day.
13. Nails on no account are to be driven into the walls.
Picture rails are provided in the living rooms and proper
hooks may be used for hanging pictures thereon. If it is
desired to hang pictures in the bedrooms only picture hooks
of an approved pattern may be used.
14. Tenants shall conform to any directions the Valuer
may give as to turning out the lights on the staircases and
closing any entrance gates at night.
15 The Council may determine any tenancy on giving
to the tenant a week's notice signed by the Valuer; such
notice may expire at any time. In the case of breach by
the tenant of any of these regulations the Valuer may
determine the tenancy summarily at any time.
16. Any tenant wishing to vacate his tenement shall
give one week's previous notice in writing to the Valuer;
such notice to expire on a Saturday.