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26.—The Owner of a registered house shall cause the common passages
and staircases therein to be kept in a cleanly and wholesome state, and
shall when necessary for this purpose adopt the means requisite to exclude
from such passages and staircases between eleven p.m. and five a.m. any
person "who has no reasonable claim to use the same.
PENALTIES.
27.—Every person who offends against any of the foregoing regulations
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings for any one offence
and to an additional penalty not exceeding twenty shillings for every day
during which a default in obeying such Regulations may continue.
The following Appendix was framed for the guidance of
parishioners interested in property affected by the regulations.
NUMBER OF OCCUPIERS.
The Vestry will, on application, furnish the owner of every registered house
with a card specifying the number of persons permitted to occupy each
room in such house, but failure to furnish such card will not relieve the
owner or lodger, as the case may be, from any liability to penalties, if the
authorised number of occupiers is exceeded.
GENERAL LAW.
The powers of the Vestry, in the execution of the Nuisances Removal
and Sanitary Acts, may be exercised by any Committee appointed for the
purpose (18 & 19 Vic., cap. 121, sec. 5).
The foregoing Regulations are in addition to the provisions of the
various statutes relating to house drainage, construction of dustbins,
removal of nuisances, &c., the principal requirements of which are appended.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
Houses are to be properly drained into a public sewer. The Vestry may
cause the drains, water-closets, and works, or apparatus connected therewith
to be inspected from time to time, and put into proper condition at the
expense of the owner or occupier of the premises, when necessary (18 & 19
Vic., cap. 120, secs. 73,74, 75, 82 & 85). Adequate water-closet accommodation,
with a suitable water supply, to be provided (18 & 19 Vic.,
cap. 120, sec. 81).