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(d) for requiring provision adequate for the use of and
readily accessible to each family of—
(i.) closet accommodation;
(ii) water supply and washing accommodation;
(iii) accommodation for the storage, preparation and
cooking of food;
and, where necessary, for securing separate accommodation as
aforesaid for every part of such house which is occupied as a
separate dwelling;
(e) for the keeping in repair and adequate lighting if any
common staircase in such houses;
(f) for securing stability, and the prevention of and safety
from fire;
(g) for the cleansing and redecoration of the premises at
stated times, and for the paving of the courts and
courtyards;
(h) for the provision of handrails, where necessary, for all
staircases of such houses;
(i) for securing the adequate lighting of every room in
such houses;
(j) as respects houses situate in the administrative county
of London, for the taking of precautions in the case
of infectious disease ;
and any such byelaws. in addition to any other penalty, may prohibit
the letting for occupation by members of more than one family of
any such house unless the same are complied with, subject in the
case of houses so let or occupied at the time when such byelaws
come into force to the allowance of a reasonable time for the
execution of any works necessary to comply therewith.
These byelaws came into force in May last.