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St Giles (Camberwell) 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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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 dustbins
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
be given to the above-named officers in the exercise
of their duties.
Regulations to be Observed by the Landlord.
9. Every registered house shall be kept in
repair; and the walls and ceilings of every room,
and of the staircases and passages, and of the yards,