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(c) Water supply.—(i) The provision of one tap per floor of
piped water suitable for drinking 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 piped supply of water suitable for drinking reasonably accessible to the occupants of each sleeping room.
In addition to the requirements of the Metropolitan Water
Board Byelaw 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 letting. 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 two baths or one bath and one
shower per ten 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 16/26 of a suggested scale of provision of
two W.C.s per ten persons, but if this cannot be attained then :—
(i) If practicable, the provision and maintenance of one watercloset for every four habitable rooms, or one water-closet for every
eight persons 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 one water-closet for every eight persons, sited so as to be
conveniently accessible in relation to sleeping rooms, shall be
deemed sufficient; and
(iii) boarding schools, where a standard of one water-closet for
every five pupils, as laid down in the Standards for School Premises
Regulations, 1959, should be borne in mind; and