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APPENDIX E.—BYE-LAWS WITH RESPECT TO HOUSES DIVIDED INTO
SEPARATE TENEMENTS, &c.
BYE-LAWS made by the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and Section 6 of the Housing Act, 1925, with respect
to houses intended or used for occupation by the working classes and let in lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family.
DEFINITIONS.
1. In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, "Corporation" means the Mayor
and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London.
"Lodging-house" means a house or part of a house intended or used for occupation by the
working classes and let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family, but shall not
include a house in which the tenant resides on the premises and, in addition to the tenant and his
family, not more than one family or two persons reside at any one time.
"Lodger" means a person to whom any room or rooms in a lodging-house is or are let as a
lodging or for his use or occupation.
"Tenant" means the person (whatever may be the nature or extent of his interest in the
premises) by whom or on whose behalf a lodging-house is let in lodgings or for occupation by members
of more than one family, or who, for the time being, receives or is entitled to receive the profits arising
from the said letting.
"Owner" in relation to any premises means the owner within the meaning of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, but where the premises are, without his consent in writing, or connivance,
let or sub-let by some other person in such a manner as to cause the premises to become a lodging-house
within the meaning of these Bye-laws, the person so letting or sub-letting shall be deemed to be the
owner to the exclusion of the first-mentioned owner.
GENERAL.
2. No proceedings shall be taken against any person for an offence against any of the Bye-laws
numbered 3, 12, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22 and 23 unless and until a notice in writing has been served upon
him by the Corporation requiring him within a period specified in the notice to comply with the Byelaws,
and unless he has within the period so specified failed to do so.
3. A person shall not let for occupation by members of more than one family any lodging-house
which does not comply with these Bye-laws.
Provided that, in the case of a house so let or occupied at the date of the confirmation of these
Bye-laws, any Bye-law which renders necessary the execution of any works shall not apply until
the expiration of three months from the date of confirmation.
4. Nothing in these Bye-laws shall dispense with any requirements in any statutory provisions
or Bye-laws or orders made thereunder regulating existing buildings, the erection of new buildings or
the alteration of or addition to existing buildings.
5. Any notices required or authorised by these Bye-laws to be given to any person may be
served personally or by registered letter addressed to him at his usual or last known residence or place
of business.
POSTPONEMENT OF THE OPERATION OF CERTAIN BYE-LAWS.
6. The following Bye-laws or parts of Bye-laws to the extent specified hereunder shall not
come into operation until six months after the Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1920
and 1923 (other than Part II. of the last-mentioned Act), or any re-enactment thereof with or without
modifications relating to dwelling-houses, shall have ceased to be in force :—
Bye-law 12.—So much of paragraph (6) as relates to any passage and staircase.
Bye-law 16.—The whole Bye-law.
Bye-law 17.—The whole of paragraphs (b) and (c).
Bye-law 21.—The whole of paragraph (a).
FOR FIXING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO MAY OCCUPY A LODGING-HOUSE.
7. A person shall not cause or knowingly permit any room in a lodging-house wholly or partly
used as a sleeping apartment to be occupied at any one time by a greater number of persons than will
allow 400 cubic feet of free air space for each person.
Provided that during the following period, that is to say, so long as the Rent and Mortgage Interest
(Restrictions) Acts, 1920 and 1923 (other than Part II. of the last-mentioned Act), or any re-enactment
thereof with or without modifications relating to dwelling-houses, remain in force, and for six months
thereafter, the number of persons who may occupy any room in a lodging-house exclusively used as
a sleeping apartment at the date of the confirmation of these Bye-laws may be such as to allow not
less than 300 cubic feet of free air space for each person of ten years of age or over, and not less than
150 cubic feet of free air space for each child under ten years of age occupying such room at any one
time.