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number of lodgings and occupiers, and the
cleansing and ventilation of the common
passages and staircases.
"5. For the cleansing and lime-whiting at stated
times of such premises.
"The nuisance authority may provide for the
enforcement of the above regulations, by penalties
not exceeding forty shillings for any one offence,
with an additional penalty not exceeding twenty
shillings for every day during which a default in
obeying such regulations may continue; but such
regulations shall not be of any validity unless and
until they shall have been confirmed by the Secretary
of State.
"But this section shall not apply to common
lodging houses within the provisions of the Common
Lodging Houses Act, 1851, or any Act amending
the same."
To carry out the provisions of the above section
you appointed a special Sanitary Inspector to assist me
in the details; 292 houses were inspected, and the
2,038 rooms therein were measured for the purpose of
ascertaining their cubical contents. Regulations were
drawn up for the management of these houses, which
were confirmed by the Local Government Board on
26th June, 1884. Mr. William Cooke, the Inspector