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8. Where the Medical Officer of Health, the Sanitary Inspector,
or any other officer specially appointed or authorised by the Council
in that behalf, has, for the purpose of inspection, obtained access to
the interior of a lodging-house, or to the interior of any room or
rooms in a lodging-house, a person shall not wilfully obstruct any
such officer in the inspection of any part of the premises, or without
reasonable excuse, neglect or refuse, when required by any such
officer, to render him such assistance as is reasonably necessary for
the purpose of his inspection.
9. Where a lodger in a lodging-house is entitled to the exclusive
use of any court, court-yard, area, or any other open space within
the curtilage of the premises, the lodger, and where two or more
lodgers in a lodging-house are entitled to the use in common of any
court, court-yard, area, or other open space within the curtilage of
the premises, the tenant shall, subject to the provisions of these
by-laws, cause the court, court-yard, area, or other open space to
be thorougly cleansed from time to time as often as is requisite for
the purpose of keeping the same in a cleanly condition.
10. Subject to the provisions of these by-laws the landlord or
the tenant of a lodging-house shall cause every drain or means of
drainage, with which any water-closet belonging to the lodging-house
may communicate to be maintained at all times in good order and
efficient action.
Such landlord or tenant shall (subject as aforesaid) also cause
all such means of ventilation as are or may be provided in or in
connection therewith to be maintained at all times in good order.
Subject, as aforesaid, if such drain or means of drainage or
ventilation shall not be in good order owing to any want or defect of
a structural character, it shall be the duty of the landlord to comply
with this by-law, in other cases it shall be the duty of the tenant to
do so.