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(e) Drainage and Sanitary Conveniences. The premises shall be adequately
drained in accordance with the provisions of the London County Council (Drainage)
Byelaws. Suitable and sufficient water closet accommodation shall be provided
and maintained for the use of each family or person in occupation of the
premises not more than one storey distant from the part of the premises
occupied by the person for whose use it is intended. There shall be provided
two water closets each within a separate compartment for every ten persons
irrespective of age. Provided that sanitary accommodation shall be deemed
insufficient if it fails to provide a minimum of one water closet for every two
separate lettings of two or more rooms or for every three separate single room
lettings.
(f) Facilities for Storage, Preparation and Cooking of Food. Facilities for
the storage, preparation and cooking of food shall be provided and maintained
in the room or one of the rooms in the separate occupation of each family, or
individual as the case may be, except where meals are provided by the person
having control of the premises and are taken in a common dining room. Such
facilities shall include an adequate food storage cupboard directly ventilated
to the external air.or a fixed refrigerator, and a suitable and sufficient appliance
for cooking food including an oven or a grill, heated by gas. electricity
or solid fuel.
(g) Installations for Space Heating. In each letting there shall be a fireplace
capable of burning solid fuel or an adequate number of suitable points to
which electric or gas space heating appliances with adequate ventilation where
necessary can be attached. Where a solid fuel fired appliance is in use, then
adequate fuel storage facilities reasonably accessible to the letting shall be
provided and maintained.
(h) Provision of Means of Escape from Fire. A house in multiple occupation
shall be provided with such means of escape from fire as the Council after
consultation with the London County Council, considers necessary.
(i) Refuse and Litter. There shall be provided and maintained an adequate
number of suitable refuse containers fitted with tight-fitting lids so sited
as to be readily accessible to the Council's refuse collecting service.
(j) Overcrowding A room or rooms occupied by a separate family shall be
deemed to be overcrowded when the number of persons sleeping therein either -
(i) is such that any two of those persons being ten years or more of
opposite sex and not being persons living together as husband and
wife must sleep in the same room or
(ii) is in excess of the number of units specified in Table I in relation
to the number of rooms or the aggregate number of units for all the
rooms snecified in Table II whichever is the less