Rules for the upkeep and maintenance of lodging-houses

The Government may make rules--

1. (a) for fixing the number of persons who may be received as residents into a lodging-house or a part thereof and for the separate accommodation of the sexes therein;
2. (b) for promoting cleanliness, and ventilation in lodging houses and requiring the walls and ceilings thereof to be lime-washed or treated, with some other suitable preparation, at specified intervals;
3. (c) with respect to the taking of precautions when any case of infection disease occurs in a lodging house;
4. (d) for ensuring for each family adeqate latrine or water-close accommodation, water-supply and washing facilities and accommodation for the storage, preparation and cooking of food;
5. (e) for securing stability and prevention of and safty from fire and adequate lighting for every room and stair-case; and
6. (f) generally for the well-ordering of lodging-houses.