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 Paddington]
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38 BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
or to exercise the control of the outer cloor of the
premises, shall, at all times when required by the
Officer of the Sanitary Authority, afford such Officer
free access to the interior of the premises for the purpose
of inspection.
6.—Every lodger in a registered lodging-house
shall, at all times when required by the Officer of
the Sanitary Authority, afford any such Officer free
access for the purpose of inspection to the interior of
any room or rooms which may have been let to such
lodger.
7. —In every case where the Officer of the Sanitary
Authority has, for the purpose of inspection, obtained
access to the interior of a registered lodging-house, or to
the interior of any room or rooms in such lodging-house,
a person shall not wilfully obstruct any such Officer in
the inspection of any part of the premises, or, without
reasonable excuse, neglect or refuse, when required by
any such Officer, to render him such assistance as may
be reasonably necessary for the purpose of such inspection.
Overcrowding.
8.—The landlord of a lodging-house shall not
knowingly cause or suffer a greater number of persons
than will admit of the provision of three hundred cubic
feet of free air space for each person of an age exceeding
ten years, and of one hundred and fifty cubic feet
of free air space for each person of an age not