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open space in the rear thereof of at least 150 square feet in area, and
never less than 10 feet in width in any part. Such space to belong
exclusively to the house.
All block buildings, meaning, thereby, buildings intended for the occupation
of numerous families, and more than 25 feet wide in their
largest frontage, should have staircases and passages external to the
walls of the house, to provide ready escape in case of fire, and to
prevent the spread of disease.
A suite of rooms in such houses intended for the occupation of a
separate family should have no communication with other rooms; and
each suite of rooms should be entered directly from the street or outer
staircase. The houses and rooms should be so arranged that through
ventilation is secured.
In the case of block buildings, at least half of the superficial area
should be left open for ventilation, and a space of at least 30 feet in
depth should be left between the wall of each block, or of one block and
of any other house, back and front.
The water-closet, or other contrivance for the like purpose, should
be always detached from the house, or so situated that there should be
space for a current of air between the house and the closet.
The water supply for drinking, cooking, etc., should be separate from
the supply to the closet, and should be constant.
No house-drain should be carried under the basement of a house, but
have a fall to a sewer in the rear.
The inverts of sewers should be made of Portland cement or of other
impermeable substance.
In all new neighbourhoods the paving of the roads and foot pavements
should be completed before the houses are permitted to be
occupied.
No new house should be allowed to be occupied without a certificate
from a Medical Officer of Health or a Surveyor, that the regulations
have been complied with, and that it is fit for human habitation.