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CLEANSING AND VENTILATION OF HOUSES.
20. The landlord shall cause every part of the house
to be thoroughly cleansed as often as may be requisite, and
provide adequate means of ventilation, and shall cause such
means of ventilation to be maintained in good order.
21. Every tenant shall cause every room or rooms, in
his exclusive occupation, to be ventilated daily, and to be
thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as may be
requisite for the purpose of keeping the same in a cleanly
and wholesome condition.
22. Where a tenant is entitled to the exclusive use
of any staircase, landing or passage in such house, such
tenant shall cause the same to be thoroughly cleansed as
often as may be requisite for the purpose of keeping the
same in a cleanly and wholesome condition.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
23. The landlord of a tenement-house, immediately
after he shall have been informed, or shall have ascertained
that any person in such house is ill or has died of a
dangerously infectious or contagious disease, shall give
notice thereof to the Medical Officer of Health of the Vestry,
and to every tenant in such house, and shall carry out,
without delay, all measures for disinfection which the
Medical Officer of Health may direct.