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Penalty for Overcrowding.
3. If any dwelling house is used for the purposes of
sleeping in by a greater number of persons than in the proportion
of one person of the age of ten years or upwards for
every 400 cubic feet of space, or of one person of an age
less than ten years for every 200 cubic feet of space contained
therein (exclusive of lobbies and closets and of recesses
not perfectly clear from the floor to within two feet of the
ceiling and from wall to wall), every person so using or
suffering it to be used, shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding twenty shillings for every day or part of a day during
which it is so used or suffered to be used, and any person duly
authorised by the Council and exhibiting his authority if
called upon to do so, may at any time enter such dwelling
houses if they believe the provisions of this Section are being
contravened.
If any such person duly authorised by the Council and
exhibiting his authority, is obstructed in the performance of
his duty under this Section, the person so obstructing shall
be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding forty
shillings. (Glasgow).
Extension of Section 91 of the Public Health Act, 1875.
4. For the purposes of the Public Health Act, 1875, in
its application to the district, the dripping or oozing of blood
on to a public footpath from meat exposed for sale and for
the purposes of sale, shall be deemed to be a nuisance liable
to be dealt with summarily in the manner provided by that
Act.
Cleansing of urinals.
5. The owner or occupier of any inn, public-house, beerhouse,
eating-house, refreshment-house or place of public
entertainment to which a urinal or other sanitary accommodation
for the use of customers or the public is attached, shall
keep the same at all times in a clean and inoffensive condition
and shall cause the same to be cleansed, scrubbed and flushed