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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vided in or in connection with any room in such
house to be maintained at all times in good order.
34. Every lodger in a lodging-house shall,
except in such cases as are hereinafter specified,
cause every window of every room which has been
let to him, and which is used as a sleeping apartment,
to be opened, and to be kept fully open for
one hour at least in the forenoon and for one hour at
least in the afternoon of every day :
Provided that such lodger shall not be required,
in pursuance of this regulation, to cause any such
window to be opened or to be kept open at any time
when the state of the weather or any other sufficient
cause renders it necessary that the window should
be closed.
35. The landlord of a lodging-house shall
cause every court and courtyard thereof to be
properly paved with a hard, durable, and impervious
pavement, evenly and closely laid upon a sufficient
bed of good concrete and sloped to a properly constructed
channel leading to a trapped gully grating,
which shall be so constructed and placed as effectually
to carry off all rain or waste water from such
court or courtyard.
He shall cause such pavement, channel, and
grating to be kept at all times in good order and in
proper repair.