Givner v. Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City

This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, dismissing a bill for declaratory judgment praying that a certain regulation promulgated by the Commissioner of Health, in regard to bathing facilities in dwelling units, be declared invalid.

By ordinance 384 adopted in 1941 and now codified as Sections 112 to 119, inclusive, of Article 12 of the Baltimore City Code of 1950, the City undertook to deal with the “Hygiene of Housing”. Sec. 112 provided that “Every dwelling and every part thereof shall be kept clean and free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, rubbish, garbage…