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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REGISTRATION.
2nd. Whenever the Vestry intend to register any house,
or part of a house, which is let in Lodgings, or occupied by
members of more than one family, a Notice, signed by the
Vestry Clerk, shall be given in writing to the Keeper and
to the Owner to supply the information necessary for the
registration of such house, or part of a house, by the Vestry;
and, within a period of Fourteen days of receiving such
notice, the Keeper and the Owner shall furnish and sign a
true statement of the following particulars with respect to
such house—That is to say:—
(a) The total number of rooms.
(b) The total number of rooms let in Lodgings, or
occupied by members of more than one family.
(c) The manner of use of each room.
If the Yestry resolve that it is necessary to register such
house, or part of a house, the Yestry Clerk, on the expiration
of Twenty-one days after the Vestry shall have given
the notice hereinbefore mentioned, shall register the house
or part of a house, mentioned in such notice, in a book to be
provided by the Yestry, and shall, forthwith, deliver, or
send, written notice of the registration to the Keeper and
the Owner; and a house, or part of a house, so registered,
shall remain registered, notwithstanding any change of
Owner or change of Keeper, so long as it continues to be let
in Lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one
family.