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"Vestry."—The Vestry of the Parish of St. James, Westminster, in the
County of Middlesex.
"Officer."—The Medical Officer of Health, the Inspector of Nuisances, or
any person specially appointed by the Vestry, for the purpose of these
Regulations.
REGISTRATION.
1.—In any case in which the Vestry may by resolution declare that a house let
in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family be registered, the
owner of such house, or any part of a house, within a period of fourteen days after
he shall have been required by the Vestry by a notice in writing, signed by
the Vestry Clerk and served upon such owner, to supply the information
necessary for the registration of such house by the Vestry, shall personally,
or by his agent duly authorised in that behalf, attend at the office of the
Vestry during office hours, and then an 1 there furnish and sign a true statement
of the following particulars with respect to such house ; that is to say :
(a) The total number of rooms in the house.
(i) The total number of rooms let in lodgings or occupied by
members of more than one family.
(r) The manner of use of each room.
Within a reasonable time after the receipt by the Vestry of the statement
hereinbefore referred to, the Vestry Clerk shall register the lodging house
mentioned in such statement in a book to be provided by the Vestry and shall
deliver or send notice of the registration to the owner of the house.
NUMBER OF LODGERS.
2.—The owner of a registered house shall not knowingly suffer a greater
number of persons to occupy any room in such house, nor shall a lodger
Buffer any room under his control to be occupied by a greater number of
persons, than will allow of air space for each person according to the following
rules:—
(a) The minimum space for each adult in any room in a registered
house, which may be occupied as a bedroom only, shall be not
less than 300 cubic feet.
(b) The minimum space for each adult in any room in a registered
house, which may be occupied as a sitting room, and as a bedroom,
shall be not less than 400 cubic feet.
(c) For the purposes of the foregoing rules two children under the
age of 12 years may be counted as one adult.