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Byelaws with respect to Houses divided into
Separate Tenements, etc. made by the London
County Council on 24th February, 1931 and
confirmed and allowed by the minister of
Health on 8th June, 1931.
1. These byelaws remove certain exemptions contained
in the principal byelaws of 1925-1926.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Byelaw 7
of the principal byelaws the whole of byelaws 13, 17,
18 and 25 of the principal byelaws shall apply to a
decontrolled house.
2. The new byelaws also repeal byelaw 8 of the
principal byelaws which dealt with the minimum free
air space necessary for sleeping rooms.
In decontrolled houses if a room is used either
wholly or partly as a sleeping place the minimum free
air space must be:—400 cubic feet for each person of
10 years or over, and 200 cubic feet for each person
under 10 years.
In controlled houses, i.e., houses to any part of
which the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest
(Restrictions) Act, 1920, applies:—
(a) If the room is used both for sleeping and living purposes,
the minimum standard of free air space per person is
400 cubic feet for each person of 10 years and over, and
200 cubic feet for each person under 10 years.
(b) If the room is used only for sleeping the minimum standard
allowed is less than the above, viz., 300 cubic feet for
each person of 10 years and over, and 150 cubic feet for
each person under 10 years.
No standard is prescribed for rooms which are
used only as living rooms.