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Paddington 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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44 BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
water-closet belonging to such house, such lodger shall
cause the pan, seat, floor, and walls of such water-closet
to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time, as often
as may be necessary for the purpose of keeping such
pan, seat, floor, walls, and ceilings in a clean and
wholesome condition.
20.—In every case where two or more lodgers in a
registered lodging-house are entitled to the use in
common of any water-closet belonging to such house,
tho landlord shall cause the pan, seat, floor, walls and
ceilings of such water-closet to bo thoroughly cleansed
from time to time, as often as may be necessary for the
purpose of keeping such pan, seat, floor, walls, and
ceilings in a clean and wholesome condition.
21.—The landlord of a registered lodging-house
shall provide the lodgers with a sufficient number of
covered receptacles of galvanized iron, or other suitable
material, for the temporary detention and subsequent
removal of dust.
22.—A lodger in a registered lodging-house shall
not cause or suffer any animal or other creature to be
kept in any room which has been let to such lodger, or
elsewhere upon the premises, in such a manner as to
render the condition of such room or premises filthy or
unwholesome.
23.—In every case where a lodger in a registered
lodging-house is entitled to the exclusive use of any
cistern or other receptacle for the storage of water supplied
to tho premises, such lodger shall cause every