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"for the time being in force, a population of not less than
"five thousand inhabitants, the Secretary of State may, as
"he may think fit, by notice to be published in the London
"Gazette, declare the following enactment to be in force in
"the district of such nuisance authority, and from and after
"the publication of such notice the nuisance authority shall
"be empowered to make regulations for the following matters,
"that is to say:—
"1.—For fixing the number of persons who may occupy
"a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings, or
"occupied by members of more than one family:
"2.—For the registration of houses thus let or occupied
"in lodgings:
"3.—For the inspection of such houses, and the keeping
"the same in a cleanly and wholesome state :
"4.—For enforcing therein the provision of privy accom"modation,
and other appliances and means of cleanliness, in
"proportion to the number of lodgings and occupiers, and
"the cleansing and ventilation of the common passages and
"staircases:
“5.—For the cleansing and lime-whiting at stated times
of such premises:
"The nuisance authority may provide for the enforcement
“of the above regulations by penalties not exceeding forty
“shillings for any one offence, with an additional penalty not
"exceeding twenty shillings for every day during which a
"default in obeying such regulations may continue; but
"such regulations shall not be of any validity unless and
"until they shall have been confirmed by the Secretary
"of State: