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APPENDIX No. 1.
REGULATIONS FOR HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
1.—Whenever the Vestry shall deem it necessary to put
these regulations into operation, in respect of any house,
or part of a house, which is let in lodgings or occupied by
members of more than one family, they shall give notice in
writing to the person letting lodgings, and to the landlord,
who shall be held responsible for the due performance of
their respective duties, as hereinafter defined. And the
Regulations shall come into operation at the expiration of
ten days from the date of such notice.
2.—A register shall be kept at the Vestry Hall, under the
direction of the Medical Officer of Health, of all houses, or
parts of houses, which shall thus be brought under the
operation of these Regulations, and of their several keepers
or letters, and landlords.
Regulations to be observed by the Person Letting
Lodgings.
3.—The minimum space for each inmate of a room
used exclusively as a bed room, shall be 300 cubic feet;
and the minimum space for each inmate of a room, used
both as a bed room and sitting room, shall be 350 cubic
feet. Two children under 10 years of age may be reckoned
as one person.
4.—Not more than two persons of opposite sexes, if
above the age of ten, shall occupy the same sleeping
room.