COMMON LODGINGHOUSES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4515, 16 November 1901, Page 5

COMMON LODGINGHOUSES.

A new by-law passed by tiro Welling ton City Council provides for tho conduct of common lodging-houses- The -words “common lodging-house” are to mean and include every house other than a licensed publi chouse in which persons aro harboured or lodged for hire for a single night or for less than * week a., one time, or any part of which is let for any term of less than one week. It is provided that no house is to be Kept and used as a common lodging-house in the city unless licensed or sl c rcdm that behalf under the by-law. The Town dork is to keep a register of common lodging-houses. No license is f be granted except on payment of a/cc of £1 and on the written application of the proposed keeper for the time being of the house. It will be lawtul for tho Council at any time to revoke or suspend the license granted in rospoot of anv house, if satisfied from the report of the inspector or otherwise that the keeper is acting or has acted in a manner contrary to tho true intent and meaning of bis license and or the bylaw If the keeper does not reside on tho premises he is to bo represented by a competent manager, who is to be approved of by the Council. The maximum number of lodgers authorised io bo received at any one time into each of the several rooms in a- common iocig-ing-house is to be specified. Other clauses provide that there is to ho a certain minimum of air space in sleeping apartments, that tho sexes are to be separated (except in the case of husbands and wives) that yards, floors, passages, etc., are to'be kept clean, that walls are not to be papered, that windows, fittings, etc., are to bo kept clean, that bedding i s to be cleansed, that basins, water and towels are to be kept in sufficient supply that basing ar e to bo kept clean, that there is to be a daily removal of refuse from the rooms, that a certain number of closes is "to be provided, that there ig to be proper ventilation, and lighting, that windows are to be kept open for three hours each day, that bedclothes aro to be aired daily, that a kitchen ig not to be slept in, that underground rooms are not to bo used as sleeping apartments, that there are to be adequate firo-egcapes, and that other precautions are to be taken and conditions observed. For breaches of the by-law penalties are laid down.