Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband.

Date:
1883
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Credit: Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Sec. closing of the pi’emises for such time as they deem necessary, or may empower the L.A. permanently to close the same, and to defray the ex^ienses of closing them. Common Lodyiny-IIouses. 7G Every L.A. shall keep a register, of the names and residences of the keepers of all c.L.n. within their ilistrict, the .situation of such house, and the number of lodgers authorised under this Act. A coj>y of any entry in such register, ceidihed by the clerk of the L.A., shall be received as evidence in all cases, and the register need not be ])roduced, a certified copy being supplied gratis by the clerk to any person applying at a reasonable time. 77 No person shall keep a c.l.h., or receive a lodger, unless the house is registered, nor unless his name, as keeper, is also on the register, but if the registered person dies, his widow, or any member of his family, may keep it for not more than four weeks after his 7S death without being registered as the keeper. A house sought to be registered must first be inspected by some officer of the L.A., and the L.A. may refuse to register a person as keeper unless he produce a certificate of character on a form required liy L.A., signed by three resident householders rated to the poor 79 rate, at X6 and upwai’ds of annual value. The keeper of a c.L.ii. shall, if required by L.A., affix and keep legible the following notice :—“ Registered Common Lodging-House,” ou some j)rominont 'part of the outside, of his house, and if lie neglects to affix or renew .sucli notice, he is liable to a penalty not e.xceeding .£5, and
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