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26 Sanitary Circumstances.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
There are no Common Lodging Houses in the District.
DEFINITION OF COMMON LODGING HOUSE.
That class of lodging house in which persons of the poorer
class are received for short periods, and, though strangers to each
other, are allowed to inhabit one common room. The term does
not include inns, public houses, or lodgings let to the upper and
middle classes.
The Barnes Urban District Council have in force byelaws
with respect to houses let in lodgings or occupied by
members of more than one family in the Urban District of
Barnes.
For fixing the number of persons who may occupy a house or
part of a house which is let in lodgings, or occupied by members of
more than one family.
For separation of sexes.
For the registration of houses so let or occupied.
For the inspection of such houses.
For enforcing the provisions of privy accommodation for such
houses, and for promoting cleanliness and ventilation in such houses.
For the cleansing and limewashing, at stated times, of the
premises, and for the paving of the courts and courtyards thereof.
For the giving of notices, and for the taking of precautions in
case of any infectious disease.
The special point to be noted is that under these byelaws, the
landlord is made liable for structural repairs, drainage, ventilation,
and general cleansing, whilst the tenant is responsible for the
management and cleansing of his own rooms.