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Enfield 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE I.
| Where a house consists of:— | |
| (a) one room | 2 |
| 3 | |
| (c) three rooms | 5 |
| (d) four rooms | 7½ |
| (e) five rooms or more | 10 with an additional 2 in respect of each room in excess of five. |
Provided that in computing for the purposes of the said Table I
the number of rooms in a house, no regard shall be had to and room
having a floor area of less than 50 square feet.
TABLE II.
Where the floor area of a room is:—
| (a) 110 sq. ft. or more | 2 |
| 1½ | |
| (c) 70 sq. ft. or more, but less than 90 sq. ft. | 1 |
| (d) 50 sq. ft. or more, but less than 70 sq. ft. | ½ |
| (e) Under 50 sq. ft. | Nil |
Section 37.
For the purposes of the provisions (a) of this Act which relate
to the obligations of a local authority with respect to re-housing,
or which relate to Government contributions to the expenses of
local authorities in providing accommodation available for displaced
persons, the Minister, unless he is satisfied that owing to special
circumstances some other standard of size or accommodation should
be adopted—
(ii) shall treat a house containing two bedrooms as providing
accommodation for four persons, a house containing three
bedrooms as providing accommodation for five persons,
and a house containing four bedrooms as providing accommodation
for seven persons.
In determining for the purposes of this Section the number of
persons sleeping in a house, no account shall be taken of a child
under one year old, and a child who has attained one year and is
under ten years old shall be reckoned as one-half of a unit.