Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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5.—The person letting in lodgings, the house, or part
of a house, shall be supplied with a ticket, stating the
number of persons allowed to sleep in each room, which
ticket he will be required to produce, whenever it may be
asked for by the Medical Officer, Sanitary Inspector, or
other authorized officer of the Vestry; and he shall be
supplied with a ticket for each room, stating the number
of persons allowed to sleep therein, which shall be put up
in a conspicuous place in the room, and shall be kept at
all times visible and legible.
6.—The person letting in lodgings, the house, or part of
a house, shall, when any one in them is ill of small pox,
typhus, or any other dangerous infectious disease, give
immediate notice to the Medical Officer of Health at the
Vestry Hall, and shall carry out without delay any
measures for disinfection which the Medical Officer may
direct.
7.—All rooms, passages, and staircases shall be washed
and swept at least twice a week; all paved yards and
areas shall be washed and cleansed at least once a month; all
closets, sinks, and drains shall be kept clean, and free from
filth; and all dust-bins shall be emptied at least once a week.
8.—The Medical Officer of Health shall have free
entrance at all times to every room of every registered
lodging-house; and the Sanitary Inspector, or other authorised
officer of the Vestry shall have free entrance between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. ; but between the hours
of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.. only on presenting a written order
signed by the Medical Officer of Health. Every facility
shall bo given to the above-named officers in the exercise
of their duties.