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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HACKNEY.
REGULATIONS
Prescribed by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
under Section 17 (7) of the Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1909.
Every room habitually used as a sleeping place the surface
of the floor of which is more than three feet below the surface
of the part of the street adjoining or nearest to the room shall
comply with the following regulations, namely:—
1.—The subsoil of the site of the room shall be effectually
drained by means of a subsoil drain properly trapped and ventilated
wherever the dampness of the site renders such a precaution
necessary.
2.—Every drain passing under the room, other than a drain
for the drainage of the subsoil of the site of the room, shall be gastight
and watertight.
3.—The room shall be effectually protected against the rising
of any effluvium or exhalation by means of a layer of asphalt or
of good concrete at least six inches thick or four inches thick if
properly grouted, laid upon the ground of the site of the entire
room or in some equally effectual manner.
4.—The space (if any) beneath the floor shall be provided
with adequate means of ventilation.
5.—(i.) Every wall of the room shall be provided with a
proper horizontal damp-proof course which if the
floor of the room be formed of woodwork shall be
beneath the level of the lowest timbers or woodwork
of such floor and in every other case shall
be not less than one inch below the level of the
upper surface of such floor.