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In applying Table II, each room of the size mentioned is to be
reckoned as capable of accommodating the number set out in the Table,
and the aggregate for all the rooms in the house is ascertained in this
manner. The "Permitted Number" for the house is the aggregate
number so obtained or the number given by Table I, whichever is the less.
It will be seen that if all the rooms in a house to which the Tables
are to be applied are of 110 square feet or more in area, only Table I
will have to be applied. Table II is applied only when one or more of
the rooms is between 50 and 110 square feet in size. In such a case the
total number of persons which would be allowed under Table II according
to the size of the rooms in the house is calculated. The number so reached
will be the permitted number if it is less than the number given in
Table I.
In considering the application of the standard in relation to particular
families it is to be noted:—
(a) That in a house, part of which is sublet, the rooms occupied by
the sub-tenant constitute a separate house;
(b) That children between the ages of 1 and 10 years count as half a
person, and that a child under 1 year does not count at all;
(c) That, apart from the number of persons who may occupy a house,
there is an overriding condition that the accommodation available
for a particular family must be such that no two persons, both
of 10 years of age or over of opposite sexes, except persons living
together as husband and wife, must sleep in the same room;
(d) That only rooms normally used in the locality for sleeping or
living purposes are counted as rooms. (This excludes bathrooms,
sculleries, etc.).
The Survey.
The survey, which was divided into two parts, was carried out by a
temporary staff of 60 Enumerators, Survey Assistants and Clerical
Assistants.
First Stage (Form A).
The first stage, carried out by the Enumerators, consisted of a house
to house enquiry in order to ascertain (a) the number of families in each
house, and (b) the number of persons in, and the number of rooms occupied
by, each family.