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suggested that in addition a stop tap be provided for each floor
or separate letting. )
5 - PERSONAL WASHING FACILITIES
(1) 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.
(2) In the case of a hostel, boarding house, guest house,
boarding school or similar establishment there shall be two baths
(or one bath and one shower) each with separate hot and cold water
supplies for every ten residents,
6. - DRAINAGE AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES
(1) Suitable and sufficient water closet accommodation shall
be provided and maintained for the use of each family by whom
any part of the premises is occupied and so far as is practicable
on the storey or one of the storeys in which are situate the rooms
or lodgings in the separate occupation of the family. In determining
the amount of water closet accommodation to be provided,
regard shall be had to the standard of two water closets for every
ten residents, as recommended by the Ministry of Housing and
Local Government in Circular 16/62, and in any case the
sanitary accommodation shall be deemed insufficient if:-
(a) each water closet is not provided in a separate
compartment;
(b) each water closet is not reasonably accessible to the
persons for whom it is intended;
(c) in cases (ii) and (iii) below, it does not provide one
water closet for every eight persons irrespective of age; or