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The provisions of Sub-section (7) are as follows :—
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, is, for the purposes of Section 17, to be deemed to be a
dwelling house so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation, if the room either —
(a) is not on the average at least seven feet in height from floor to ceiling;
or
(b) does not comply with such regulations as the Council, with the consent
of the Board, may prescribe for securing the proper ventilation and
lighting of such rooms, and the protection of the rooms against
dampness, effluvia, or exhalation. The Board are empowered, if the
local authority, after being required to do so by the Board, fail to
make such regulations as above mentioned, or such regulations as the
Board approve, themselves to make regulations, and the regulations
so made are to have effect as if they had been made by the local
authority with the Board's consent.
It is, however, provided that a closing order made in respect of a room to
which the sub-section applies is not to 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 with it may, on summary conviction, be made
against him.
Underground Lining Rooim.—These are mainly used for the purpose of
preparing, cooking, and partaking of food—that is, they are practically underground
domestic kitchens.
Underground Working Rooms.—These are used either as workshops or as
offices, and efforts are being made to control some of the worst types. Underground
bakehouses have been under the control of the Factory and Workshop
Acts for many years.
§ 4.—SCHOOLS.
At the 40 grant-receiving schools, 17 inspections and 0 re-inspections were
made during the year by the Woman Inspector.
The Board of Education having decided to relieve Local Authorities from
the obligation to provide school places for children under the age of five years,
the age at which compulsory school attendance begins, many authorities are
ceasing to admit school children from three to five years of age.
Infectious Diseases as concerning schools is dealt with in Part III.. § 3,
Isolation and Exclusion.