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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3. A tenant shall not knowingly cause or suffer a
greater number of persons than will admit of the provision
of three hundred and fifty cubic feet of free air space for
each adult, and of one hundred and seventy-five cubic feet
of free air space for each person of an age not exceeding
twelve years to occupy, at any one time, as a sleeping
apartment, a room used for that purpose, and which has
been let to each tenant.
EIGHT OF ENTRY FOR PURPOSES OF
INSPECTION.
4. Every tenant shall, at all reasonable times, when
required by the Medical Officer of Health, or the Inspector
of Nuisances under his direction, or any other officer
specially appointed or authorised by the Vestry in that
behalf, afford any such officer free access, for the purpose
of inspection, to the interior of any room or rooms that may
have been let to such tenant.
CLEANLINESS OF COURT, YAED, AEEAS, &c.—
DUTIES OF TENANT.
5. When a tenant is entitled to the exclusive use of
any court, courtyard, area, or other open space within the
premises, such tenant shall cause such court, courtyard,
area, or other open space to be thoroughly cleansed as often
as may be requisite to keep the same in a clean and
wholesome condition.