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4. Two children, under ten years of age, to be counted as one Lodger.*
5 Persons of different sexes shall not occupy the same sleeping room, except married
couples, or parents with their children under ten years of age, or any
children under ten years of age.
6. The.owner of every such house shall cause the walls and ceilings of every room,
and of the staircases and passages of such house, to be thoroughly cleansed,
and well and sufficiently limewashed three times at least in every year.
7. The owner of every such house shall cause every room, and the passages therein,
to be ventilated to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
8. Such a supply of water for the use of the tenants, and the means of storage
thereof, as shall be satisfactory to the Medical Officer of Health, shall be
provided.
9. Every such house shall be kept in tenantable repair, and shall be furnished with
a dust bin of proper size, which shall be provided with a cover.
10. Every such house shall be provided with a water-closet, or a privy properly
panned and trapped, for every 20 persons living in the house; if there are
more than 20 persons in a house, then an additional privy or water-closet
shall be provided. Each privy or water-closet must be kept in good repair,
and provided with a door.
11. The drains and sinks shall be trapped so as to prevent effluvia coming up from
the Sewers or Cesspools.
12. The water-closet or privy seat, floor and walls, shall be kept free from filth,
and clean in all respects.
13. The yards and areas of every such house shall be properly paved and drained,
so that all waste water shall readily flow off.
14. The owner of every such house to be responsible for obeying all such Rules as
the Board may deem proper from time to time to enact, and if the owner
be not resident within the District, then it shall be necessary for him to
appoint an agent to see that all the regulations are obeyed.
The above Rules and Regulations were referred to a Committee for
further consideration. Any Rules and Regulations as regards Lodginghouses
that may be adopted by the Board after they shall have received the
sanction of the "Secretary of State, may be enforce'd by penalties to the
amount of forty shillings for any one offence ; but in order to carry into
effect Rules and Regulations as regards houses let out in tenements to the
poor, care must be taken not to act oppressively in any case, but to proceed
cautiously and gradually, for in attempting to do too much at once, we may
fail in doing any thing effectually. It may be observed that these Rules
and Regulations are taken from those issued and enforced by the Police with
* This regulation of the Poiice is, upon physiological principles, incorrect; for young persons
requiro a larger amount of air, in proportion to their size, than adults. In the young the respiration
is more rapid, and in order to maintain the system during the growth of the body, an abundaiace of
pure air is absolutely necessary.