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It will be seen that the Barnes bye-law has a
twofold object—
1. To prevent the erection of buildings in
which the living rooms, through faulty planning
of the house, are defectively lighted, and
2. To prevent the erection of buildings in
which, owing to faulty planning of the house,
certain of the rooms open on to enclosed or
partially enclosed spaces in which the air stagnates,
with resulting defective ventilation of the
rooms communicating with such areas.
It is unnecessary to insist on the prime
importance to health of securing in dwelling-houses
efficient natural lighting and ventilation of the
living rooms, and it is only necessary to consider
whether the existing bye-laws in Willesden effect
this object, and, if not, whether such additions
and modifications as are contained in the bye-law
under consideration will better secure the objects
in view.
It is to be noted, in the first place, that the
Willesden bye-laws impose no restriction upon
the width of air-space extending laterally alongside
the back addition, and there is nothing, so far as
the Willesden bye-laws are concerned, to prevent
this lateral space being reduced to a mere narrow
slit. Indeed it is not uncommon to find this space
reduced throughout the length of the back addition