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Provided that the foregoing requirement with respect to the lime-washing of the internal
surface of the walls of rooms, staircases, and passages shall not apply in any case where the
internal surface of any such wall is painted, or where the material of or with which such
surface is constructed or covered is such as to render the lime-washing thereof unsuitable or
inexpedient, and where such surface is thoroughly cleansed, and the paint or other covering
is renewed, if the renewal thereof be necessary, for the purpose of keeping the premises in a
cleanly and wholesome condition.
17. The landlord of a lodging-house shall provide adequate means of ventilation in or
in connection with every common passage or staircase in such house, and shall cause such
means of ventilation to be maintained at all times in good order.
18. The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause all such means of ventilation as may
be provided in or in connection with any room in such house to be maintained at all times
in good order.
19. In every case where in pursuance of any statutory provision in that behalf, an
order of a justice has been obtained for the removal from a lodging-house to a hospital of a
person who is suffering from any dangerous infectious disease and is without proper lodging
or accommodation, the landlord of such house, and the lodger to whom any room whereof
such person may be an occupant has been let shall, on being informed of such order,
forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on the part of such landlord and of such
lodger respectively, to secure the safe and prompt removal of such person in compliance
with such order, and shall in and about such removal, adopt all such precautions as, in
accordance with any instructions which such landlord and such lodger, respectively, may
receive from the Medical Officer of Health of the Sanitary Authority, may be most
suitable for the circumstances of the case.