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(b) Ventilation
The provision and maintenance of adequate means of ventilation,
including permanent ventilation, for every passage, room, water
closet apartment and staircase.
(c) Water Supply
(i) The provision of one tap per floor and, if more than one letting,
one tap inside each letting. In each case the provision of a sink
of suitable size and pattern and efficient means for carrying
off any waste water from the tap.
(ii) The provision in every hostel, boarding house, guest house
and boarding school, of a water supply reasonably accessible
to the occupants of each sleeping room.
In addition to the requirements of the Metropolitan Water
Board Bye-law No. 24(1950) relating to the provision of a stop
tap for each separately chargeable supply, it is suggested that a
stop tap should be fitted for each floor or each separate letting,
whichever is the more convenient.
(d) Personal Washing Facilities
In each letting there shall be provided a hot and cold water
supply at a wash-hand basin or at a sink. There shall also be
provided in connection with each letting a fixed bath or shower in
a bathroom with hot and cold water. Where it is impracticable
for the bathroom to be within the dwelling, it shall be in such a
position within the curtilage of the building as to be readily
accessible from the dwelling. In such cases, wherever practicable,
regard shall be had to the mention in the Ministry of Housing and
Local Government Circular 16/62 of a suggested scale of provision
of 2 baths or 1 bath and 1 shower per 10 persons. In any event,
the minimum provision shall be in the ratio of one fixed bath or
shower to ten persons irrespective of age.
(e) Drainage and Sanitary Conveniences
In all cases regard shall be had to the mention in the Ministry
of Housing and Local Government Circular 16/62 of a suggested
scale of provision of 2 W.C.s per 10 persons, but if this cannot be
attained then:—
(i) If practicable, the provision and maintenance of 1 water
closet for every 4 habitable rooms, or 1 water closet for every
8 person irrespective of age, existing accommodation is to be
deemed insufficient if it fails to conform to both of these requirements,
or if it is not reasonably accessible to the persons for
whom it is intended;
except in the case of:
(ii) hostels, boarding houses and similar establishments where
1 water closet for every 8 persons, sited so as to be conveniently
accessible in relation to sleeping rooms, shall be deemed
sufficient; and