A.D. 1901.]
PUBLIC HEALTH.
:909
for licence as
[No. 10.
6. Before any person can be licensed as a keeper of a common lodging-house, an application must be made to the Registrar General, and such application must be accompanied by a certificate of character from one or more householders, to be approved of by the Registrar General, who shall give security for the carrying out of the regulations by the licensed keeper.
7. When the Registrar General is satisfied with the character of an applicant for a licence to keep a common lodging-house, he may issue a licence to such applicant accordingly.
8. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall reduce the number of lodgers in any room of his common lodging-house on receiving notice in writing from the Board, stating the cause for making such reduction and the period for which it shall continue in force.
9. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not permit his premises to be occupied, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., by a greater number of persons than that specified on the licence issued to him by the Registrar General.
10. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not permit males and females above ten years of age respectively to occupy the same sleeping apartment, except in the cases of husband and wife and parents and children, and shall not allow any person to occupy his house for immoral purposes.
11. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not knowingly permit persons of bad character to lodge in his house, and he shall maintain and enforce good order and decorum therein; and he shall also keep a register of the name, occupation, and native place of each lodger.
12. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the windows of each of the sleeping rooms to be kept open to their full width for at least four hours each day, unless prevented by inclement weather or by the illness of any person occupying any of the rooms.
13. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the internal walls and ceilings of every part of his house to be thoroughly cleansed and lime-washed during the sixth and twelfth months of the Chinese year.
14. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall at all times keep his premises in a clean and wholesome condition, and the fittings of the sleeping rooms shall be maintained by him in a thorough state of repair. He shall cause every room, passage, and stair to be thoroughly swept at least once a day.
15. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause all filth and house refuse or other offensive matter to be removed from his premises daily.
16. If any person in a common lodging-house becomes ill from any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, the keeper of such common lodging-house shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Inspector of Nuisances in whose district the lodging-house is situated, or to the nearest Police Station,
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A.D. 1901.]
PUBLIC HEALTH.
:909
for licence as
[No. 10.
6. Before any person can be licensed as a keeper of a common lodging- Application house, an application must be made to the Registrar General, and such appli- keeper. cation must be accompanied by a certificate of character from one or more householders, to be approved of by the Registrar General, who shall give security for the carrying out of the regulations by the licensed keeper.
licence.
7. When the Registrar General is satisfied with the character of an appli- Issue of cant for a licence to keep a common lodging-house, he may issue a licence to such applicant accordingly.
number of
8. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall reduce the number of Reduction in lodgers in any room of his common lodging-house on receiving notice in writing lodgers. from the Board, stating the cause for making such reduction and the period for which it shall continue in force.
Restriction on
number of occupants in
9. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not permit his premises to be occupied, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., by a greater number of persons than that specified on the licence issued to him by the Registrar night time. General.
Sexe8.
10. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not permit males and Separation of females above ten years of age respectively to occupy the same sleeping apart- ment, except in the cases of husband and wife and parents and children, and the shall not allow any person to occupy his house for immoral purposes.
of order and register of
11. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall not knowingly permit Maintenance persons of bad character to lodge in his house, and he shall maintain and en- force good order and decorum therein; and he shall also keep a register of the lodgers. name, occupation, and native place of each lodger.
12. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the windows of each Opening of of the sleeping rooms to be kept open to their full width for at least four windows. hours each day, unless prevented by inclement weather or by the illness of any person occupying any of the rooms.
13. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the internal walls and Cleansing and ceilings of every part of his house to be thoroughly cleansed and lime-washed lime-washing. during the sixth and twelfth months of the Chinese year.
14. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall at all times keep his Cleanliness premises in a clean and wholesome condition, and the fittings of the sleeping and repairs. rooms shall be maintained by him in a thorough state of repair. He shall cause every room, passage, and stair to be thoroughly swept at least once a day.
15. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause all filth and house Removal of refuse or other offensive matter to be removed from his premises daily.
16. If any person in a common lodging-house becomes ill from any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, the keeper of such common lodging house shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Inspector of Nuisances in whose district the lodging-house is situated, or to the nearest Police Station,
filth.
Duty of keeper in case of infectious, etc., disease
occurring.
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