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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20. Every house shall be provided with a
covered dust-bin, in the best practicable situation,
and of sufficient size to contain a week's accumulation
of dust, ashes, &c. But when it appears allowable
to the Medical Officer of Health, a dust-bin
may be provided in common for two or more
contiguous houses.
(C.) Regulations to be Observed by the
Tenants of Lodgings.
21. It shall be the duty of every tenant to co-operate
with the letter of lodgings in all those matters which
specially concern him as specified in Sections 5, 6, 8, 9,
10, 11 and 13; and nothing contained in these regulations
shall absolve him from the performance of such of
these duties as it may be arranged between him and the
letter of lodgings that he shall perform, or of such as
properly belong to him.
(D.) Penalties.
22. Any registered person or tenant who shall
violate or fail to carry out any of the above
Regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
Forty Shillings, nor less than Five, for any one
offence, and to an additional penalty not exceeding
Twenty Shillings, nor less than Five, for every day
during which a default in obeying such Regulations
shall continue.
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