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 St James's, Westminster]
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5. Children are not to play or make a noise on the Stairs, or in the
Passages, and are on no account to go on the roof of the building.
6. All clothes lines must be taken down unless in actual use, or other
persons will be at liberty to use them.
7. No Carpets, Mats, &c., can be allowed to be beaten or shaken after
10 o'clock in the Morning, except on a Saturday, and in the place set
apart for that purpose.
8. Drunken or disorderly Tenants will be subject to have their tenancy
terminated immediately, and forfeit the rent paid.
9. All chimneys in constant use must be swept by the Tenants at least
once every three months, and in default, the Collector may cause the same
to be done, and charge 6d. for so doing.
10. A Tenant wishing to change his apartments for others in the same
Building, to pay one-half of the expense of the repairs of the rooms he
wishes to change to, and half the expense of the repairs necessary to be
done to those he leaves.
11. It is strictly forbidden to throw into the Dust-shafts liquids, old
bedding, straw, mats, carpets, wicker-work, or anything else likely to create
an obstruction, or to throw any refuse into the Court-yard.
12. In order to prevent overcrowding, the Committee will exercise the
right of deciding what number of persons shall occupy a single room, or a
set of rooms.
13. A laundry is provided for the use of the Tenants for their own
washing, but it cannot be used for the purpose of carrying on the trade of a
laundress, and each Tenant is required to leave the copper, washing trays,
and fire-place clean after using the same.
14. Tenants are to report the loss of keys to the Superintendent, who
will cause new ones to be fitted at a charge of 1s. each key. Tenants will
be responsible for any damage done to the locks or doors, through noncompliance
with this rule.
15. The tenancy is subject to one week's notice on either side; a notice
to or from the caretaker to be sufficient.
A copy of the accounts of this Trust Fund will be found
on pages 134 and 135.
INSPECTION OF BAKEHOUSES.
The Factory and Workshop Act, 1883, having transferred
to the Local Sanitary Authorities the duly of inspecting