Conveniences used in common

With respect to any sanitary convenience used in common by the occupiers of two or more separate dwelling- houses or by other persons, the following provisions shall have effect– (a) it shall be an offence for any person to injure or improperly foul any sanitary convenience or anything used in connection therewith; (b) if any sanitary or the surroundings thereof, or approaches thereto or the walls, floor, seats or fittings thereof is or are in the opinion of a Public Health Officer, in such a state or condition as to be a nuisance or annoyance to any inhabitant of the premises or neighbourhood for want of proper cleansing thereof, such of the persons having use thereof, in common as aforesaid, as may be in default, or, in the absence of proof satisfactory to the court as to which of the persons having the use thereof in common is in default, each of those persons shall be liable to prosecution. Closure of Sanitary Conveniences