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of occupants exceeds two per room. It is unnecessary to point out
the facilities which underlie this classification. The most important
depend on the size of the room and ages of the occupants.
The standard we adopt is that contained in the Bye-Laws
regulating houses let in lodgings. The Bye-laws now in force provide
that a room used wholly or partly as a sleeping apartment
must have 300 cubic feet of air space for every occupier over In
years of age and 150 cubic feet for each child under 10 years of
age.. If the Rent Restrictions Acts lapse then the amount of cubic
space for an adult will be 400 cubic feet and 200 cubic feet for
a child.
Certain census figures have been published, and these throw
a certain light upon the housing conditions in the district. It should
be remembered that these figures refer to the district as a whok
or to the wards and not to any limited areas or houses. The conditions
in the whole district or in every ward may have improved
but those which obtain in a limited area may have remained
stationary or even deteriorated. It is interesting to note that certain
conclusions which may be drawn from these figures coincide in
the main with the experience of the officers of the Public Health
Department. The first tables reproduced are No. 3 in the Census
Reports for Middlesex, in which the population, number of private
families, number of structurally separate dwellings and the room?
occupied are given.