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10. The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause every
drain or means of drainage with which any water-closet
belonging to such house may communicate to be maintained at
all times in good order and efficient action.
He shall also cause all such means of ventilation as may be
provided in or in connexion therewith to be maintained at all
times in good order.
Water-Closet
11. Every lodger in a lodging-house shall cause all solid or
liquid filth or refuse to be removed once at least in every day
from every room which has been let to him, and shall once at
least in every day cause every vessel, utensil, or other receptacle
for such filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
Daily removal
of Filth.
12. In every case where a lodger in a lodging-house is
entitled to the exclusive use of any staircase, landing, or passage
in such house, such lodger shall cause every part of such
staircase, landing, or passage to be thoroughly cleansed from
time to time as often as may be requisite.
Staircase to
be Cleansed
13. A lodger in a lodging-house shall not cause or suffer
any animal 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.
Animals.
14. The landlord of a lodging-house shall cause every
common passage or staircase in such house to be thoroughly
cleansed from time to time as often as may be requisite.
Common
staircase, &c.,
to be Cleansed
15. The landlord of a lodging-house shall, in the first
week of the month of April in every year, cause every part of
the premises to be cleansed.
Annual
Cleansing of
Premises.
He shall, at the same time, except in such cases as are
hereinafter specified, cause every area, the interior surface of
every ceiling and wall of every water-closet belonging to the
premises, and the interior surface of every ceiling and wall of
every room, staircase, and passage in the house to be thoroughly
lime-washed.
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.
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