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5 feet extending laterally along the whole length
of the back addition, however short that addition
may be.
Moreover, the bye-law provides what is an
important omission in the Willesden Bye-laws,
namely, a ratio between the width of the space
immediately at the rear of the main building and
the length and height of the back addition.
It is clear that this becomes increasingly
important as the length and height of back
additions tend to increase.
The diminishing field of direct light which
accompanies the extending length and height of
the passages formed by the projections from the
rear of the main building calls urgently for
regulation.
The narrow slits, not infrequently completely
occluded by lateral projections, are a more frequent
feature in the houses more recently erected
and in course of construction, and exemplify a
reversion to conditions from which the suburbs of
our towns are an attempt at escape.
In the Bye-law submitted an attempt is made
to rectify the evils arising from this economy of
the building site at the cost of hygienic principles
in house planning. That its adoption will
be compensated in some measure by ingenious,
but wrong-headed infringement of other principles