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used for living and sleeping, the corresponding figures for
children under ten being 200 and 250 cubic feet respectively.
The exemption clause was omitted, as the Council were
of opinion that they should have a wide discretion in the
matter of registration, and that an exemption clause afforded
a loophole for escape for owners of houses which needed
registration. The Board, while accepting the other provisions
of the bye-laws, objected to the omission of the exemption
clause and suggested that an amendment of the clause would
meet the case. The Council then obtained particulars as to
provisions for exemption in the bye-laws of the other
Metropolitan Boroughs, and the information obtained is set
out below.
1. Boroughs whose bye-laws contain no exemption
clause : —Bermondsey, Deptford, Kensington, St. Marylebone,
and Stepney.

3. Boroughs where all houses let in lodgings are exempt
until registered by the Sanitary Authority, or until " the
landlord has been required in pursuance of bye-law 5, to
furnish the statement of particulars therein mentioned ":—
Bethnal Green, Chelsea, Hampstead, Islington, Lambeth,
Lewisham, St. Pancras, and Shoreditch.