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surface of the part of the street adjoining, or nearest to the room,
shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a dwellinghouse
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation, if the room either
a) Is not on an average at least seven feet in height
rom floor to ceiling ; or
(b) Does not comply with such Regulations as the Local
Authority, with the consent of the Local Government Board
may prescribe for securing the proper ventilation and lighting
of such rooms, and the protection thereof against dampness,
effluvia or exhalation. Provided that if the Local Authority,
after being required to do so by the Local Government Board,
fail to make such Eegulations or such Regulations as the
Board approve, the Board may themselves make them, and
the Regulations so made shall have effect as if they had been
made by the Local Authority with the consent of the Board.
Provided that a closing order made in respect of a room to
which this sub-section applies shall not prevent the room being
used for purposes other than those of a sleeping place; and that, if
the occupier of the room after notice of an order has been served
upon him fails to comply with the order, an order to comply therewith
may, on summary conviction, be made against him.
Now, therefore, We, the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of
the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, being the Local Authority for
the said Metropolitan Borough, hereby prescribe the following
Regulations with which a room habitually used as a sleeping place,
the surface of the floor of which is more than three feet below the
surface of the part of the street adjoining or nearest to the room
shall comply, namely:—
(a) Such room shall in every part thereof have at least
, three feet of its height above the level of the surface of the
street or ground adjoining or nearest to such room ; Provided
that, if the width of the area hereinafter mentioned is not
less than the height of the room from the floor to the said
surface of the street or ground is not less than six feet, the
height of the room above such surface may be less than
three feet, but not in any case less than one foot;
(b) Every wall of such room shall be constructed with a