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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passage to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time
as often as may be requisite.
25. A lodger in a lodging-house shall not
cause or suffer any animal to be kept in any room
which has been let to such lodger or elsewhere upon
premises in such a manner as to render the condition
of such room or premises filthy or unwholesome.
26. In every case where a lodger in a lodginghouse
is entitled to the exclusive use of any cistern
or other receptacle for the storage of water supplied
to the premises, such lodger shall cause every part
of the interior of such cistern or receptacle to be
thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as
may be requisite for the purpose of keeping the same
in a clean and wholesome condition.
27. In every case where two or more lodgers
in a lodging house are entitled to the use in common
of any cistern or other receptacle for the storage
of water supplied to the premises, the landlord shall
cause every part of the interior of such cistern or
receptacle to be thoroughly cleansed from time to
time as often as may be requisite for the purpose of
keeping the same in a clean and wholesome condition.
28. The landlord of a lodging-house shall
provide privy accommodation for such house by
means of a water-closet or water-closets.
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