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Hampstead 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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(d) it fails to provide a minimum of one water closet for
(i) each letting of four rooms or more;
(ii) every two separate lettings of two or three rooms; or
(iii) every three separate single room lettings.
(2) In the case of:-
(a) a hostel, boarding house, guest house, or similar
establishment there shall be a minimum of one water closet within
a separate compartment for every eight persons, sited so as to
be conveniently accessible in relation to sleeping rooms;
(b) a boarding school there shall be a minimum of one water
closet within a separate compartment for every five pupils.
7. - FACILITIES FOR THE STORAGE AND PREPARATION AND
COOKING OF FOOD AND FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE
WATER
The provision inside each separate dwelling (as distinct from
a staircase or landing in common use), of adequate facilities for
cooking food, and a food cupboard ventilated to the external air
and of dimensions not less than: -
One-room dwelling 3 cu. ft.
A two-room dwelling 4 cu. ft.
A three-room dwelling 6 cu. ft.
A dwelling comprising more than 3 rooms 8 cu. ft.
(These requirements relate to separate dwellings in family
occupation. In the case of bed-sitting rooms in use as bachelor
apartments, facilities for storing, preparing and cooking food
are normally not necessary, and in such circumstances these
provisions will not be required. )
8. - INSTALLATION FOR SPACE HEATING OR FOR THE USE OF
SPACE HEATING APPLIANCES
(a) In each unfurnished letting there shall be provided an
approved fireplace capable of burning solid smokeless fuel or an