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lodgings or occupied by members of more than
one family, the ceiling or top of which shall be
under the level of, or on a level with, or within two
feet from the level of the floor of the ground floor,
or of the footway, road, yard, or garden outside;
and no room thereof used as a kitchen or scullery;
and no room thereof not lighted or ventilated from
the exterior; and no room at the top or in the roof
thereof not furnished with an open fire-place or
flue, shall be occupied as a sleeping-room, without
the previous license or consent in writing of
the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London,
under the hand of their Principal Clerk.
REGULATION X.
No more than one married couple and their
children under 15 years of age shall occupy the
same sleeping room; and in case a room is let out
in lodgings to or occupied by members of more
than one family, it shall not be occupied by persons
of different sexes, unless they are children under
10 years of age; and no more than one person for
every 300 cubic feet of space in any room if used
as a sleeping room only, or for every 400 cubic feet
of space in any room if used as a sleeping and a
living room, shall be allowed to occupy such room;
and no fractional part of such spaces shall entitle