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The Third part is devoted to the duties of
landlords in relation to structural works. It requires
that houses shall be kept in proper repair, that
painting, lime-whiting, &c., shall be periodically
performed; that adequate ventilation shall be provided
and maintained; and that the water-supply
apparatus, closets, drains, dust-bins, yards and areas
shall be kept in good and sufficient repair. My
suggested amendments in this part relate solely to
points of detail, which experience has shown it to be
desirable, in some instances to modify or relax, in
some to regulate with more clearness and precision
than was formerly done.
The fourth part comprises a single section, now
added for the first time, in which I endeavour to
make every tenant of a lodging responsible for the
duties of domestic cleanliness and the like, which
naturally fall to his share, and to co-operate with
the letter of lodgings in all matters with which he
has any concern.
The fifth part deals solely with penalties.
I may add here that I have endeavoured, in
the fourth part to make lodgers answerable to some
extent for their sanitary delinquencies. But I confess
that it seems to me, almost impossible that we
can have any power over them, excepting through