Report to the Sewers and Sanitary Committee of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, on houses let in lodgings.

  • Bristowe, John Syer, 1827-1895.
Date:
[1884]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report to the Sewers and Sanitary Committee of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, on houses let in lodgings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    REGULATIONS FOR HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS (NOW IN FORCE). The italics signify words or j>hrases which have been removed or varied in the. Suggested Regulations. 1. Whenever the Vestry shall deem it necessary to put these Regulations into operation, in respect of any house, or part of a house, which is let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family, they shall give notice in writing to the person letting lodgings, and to the landlord (Form A. in the Schedule), who shall be held responsible for the due performance of their respective duties, as hereinafter defined. And the Regulations shall come into operation at the expiration of ten days from the date of such notice. 2. A register shall be kept at the Vestry Hall, under the direction of the Medical Officer of Health, of all houses, or parts of houses, which shall thus be brought under the operation of these Regulations, and of their several keepers or letters, and landlords. Regulations to be Observed by the Person Letting Lodgings. 3. The minimum space for each inmate of a room, used exclusively as a bed room, shall be 300 cubic feet; and the minimum space for each inmate of a room used both as a bed room and as a sitting room, shall be 350 cubic feet. Two children under 10 years of age may be reckoned as one person. 4. Not more than two persons of opposite sexes, if above the age of «en, shall occupy the same sleeping room. 5. The person letting in lodgings, the house, or part of a house, shall be supplied with a ticket (according to the Form B. in the Schedule), stating the number of persons allowed to sleep in each