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 Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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CLERKEN WELL.
Regulattons with respect to "Tenement=houses,"
being houses: let ttt lodgings or occupied by
members of more than one family (the landlord
being non=resident).
INTERPRETATION OF TERMS.
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following words and expressions have the
meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them ; That
is to say—
"Tenement-house" means a house let in lodgings,
or occupied by members of more than one family
and entered as a tenement-house on the register of
lodging houses, kept under these Regulations.
"Landlord" means the person (whatever may be
the nature or extent of his interest in the premises)
by whom, or on whose behalf, such house is let out,
or who for the time being receives, or is entitled to
receive, the profits arising from such letting, and
who is non-resident. "T??? nant'' means a person to
whom any room or rooms in a tenement-house may
have been let as a lodging, or for his use or occupation.