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the object of simplifying our procedure. And
further, for convenience, I have brought into this
part the last clause but one, which requires that in
certain circumstances a landlord, or a letter of
lodgings, shall appoint an agent to act for him in
relation to our regulations.
The second part relates to the duties of the person
letting lodgings. It specifies the cubic space allowed
for each inmate of a room used solely or in part as
a sleeping room; the limitations as to sex; duties
in the presence of dangerous infectious diseases;
duties as to cleanliness of premises and all appurtenances
thereof; and requirements as to the admission
of the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary
Inspectors. These regulations I have endeavoured
to amend:—ist, by naming the dangerous infectious
diseases; 2nd, by requiring the letter of lodgings to
assist the sanitary authorities (when need be) in the
removal from the premises of patients suffering from
such diseases; 3rd, by introducing sections relating
to animals improperly or offensively kept, and to
the carrying on of offensive occupations, and the
accumulation of offensive matters; and, lastly, by
making it the duty of the letter of lodgings to pro
vide each of his tenants with a copy of the regulations
and to inform him of their purport.
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