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Be so constructed as to hinder the lodgment of
vermin, prevent the accumulation of dust, and
facilitate domestic cleansing.
Have a clear space at the back and front of the
house.
Have the forecourt and backyard properly paved.
Have means of access for coal carts, dustcarts and
trademen's carts.
Have an open space available for children's play.
Have facilities for chopping domestic firewood.
Have a place for storing perambulators, bicycles,
gardening tools and other household accessories.
Have at least three rooms.
Meanwhile, the housing problem in Finsbury awaits a fair,
just and equitable solution. The foregoing pages have been
written with a view to bringing to the knowledge of the Council
some of the considerations and some of the facts which affect it.
But the problem still remains and probably will remain for many
years. The commendable course would appear to be for the
Borough Council to take action to meet any very urgent and
pressing needs while the larger issue was left to the County
Council and to the Metropolitan Boroughs in conference and
association.
Houses Let in Lodgings.—These are houses let out in
tenements or occupied by members of more than one family.
Many of these houses, though not all, are subject to special byelaws
and are entered on the Council's register of houses let in
lodgings. The bye-laws, which apply solely to the registered
houses let in lodgings, often called "registered houses" for
short, provide for:
1. The prevention of overcrowding and the provision of
adequate air space in each room, whether the room be used solely
for living purposes, for sleeping purposes, or for both living and
sleeping. Definite standards apply in each of these three cases.
2. The prevention of sex promiscuity.