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Certain spaces not to be used
for habita-
tion.
Ventilation
under board- in the lowest
ed floors
storey.
Rules as to cocklofts.
Wooden
floors to be water- tight.
Cement
skirtings required.
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(5) Bathrooms, water closets and latrines may be constructed so as to contain a clear space of only eight feet measured vertically.
32. No building or part of a building which has a clear space of less than nine feet measured vertically shall be used for human habitation.
33. Every person who shall erect a new domestic building shall construct every room in the lowest storey, if provided with a boarded floor, in such manner that there shall be, for the purpose of ventilation, between the underside of every joist on which such floor may be laid, and the upper surface of the concrete with which the ground surface or site of such building may be covered, a clear space of an average height of not less than two feet and six inches above the level of the ground outside, and he shall cause such space to be properly ventilated, any openings for such purpose being protected in such manner as effectually to exclude rats from such premises.
34. (1) No cockloft shall be hereafter erected in any storey or room which is used for sleeping pur- poses nor shall a cockloft be erected in any storey of a domestic building other than the ground storey of such building.
(2) No cockloft shall without the permission of the Building Authority extend over more than one half of the floor area of the room or exceed two hundred square feet in area and every cockloft shall have a clear space below every part of it of not less than nine feet measured vertically.
No cockloft shall so obstruct any doorway or window opening into the external air as to prevent the same being opened to its full extent.
(3) No portion of the space either above or below any cockloft shall be inclosed except by wire netting, lattice work or carved woodwork, arranged in such a way as to leave at least two-thirds open, and as far as practicable evenly distributed.
(4) No cockloft shall be erected or if already existing be allowed to remain, in any kitchen.
(5) No cockloft shall be used for any purpose other than storage.
(6) Every cockloft shall, unless the Building Authority shall otherwise permit, be supported directly from the ground by pillars or columns to the satisfaction of the Building Authority in such manner that no additional load is placed upon any wall of the building in which such cockloft is situated, pro- vided that any existing cockloft, for which a permit in writing has been issued by the Sanitary Board or Building Authority, shall be allowed to remain, subject to the conditions of such permit.
25. All wooden floors hereafter constructed sp be properly tongued and grooved or otherwise jointed so as to be reasonably water-tight.
36. The floors of all domestic buildings hereafter erected shall, unless specially exempted by the Building Authority, have skirtings of cement or of other impervious material approved by the Building Authority, at least nine inches in height and of a thickness of not less than one inch.