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and to put such houses on a more or less similar footing to the older houses in which cubicles were permitted by the law.
It was therefore decided that in new houses' cubicles should be allowed provided the following conditions were observed: (1) the front quarter of the floor to be left free from cubicles, (2) the partitions forming the sides of the cubicles to be glazed or made of rail or other open work in their upper thirds.
The following diagram shows the arrangement.
A large number of floors have had their cubicles altered to comply with this plan.
In making this concession the Board was actuated by the knowledge that the effectual enforcement of the law would result in driving those people to whom cubicles are a necessity from new houses" into "old houses thereby increasing the over-crowding of such old houses which are for many reasons less sanitary than "new houses".
While it is admitted that a hard and fast law to prevent the construction of windowless cubicles in new houses is desirable, it was found that in practice it was undesirable to enforce the law owing to the fact that the "new houses" are not of such design as makes such concession unnecessary.
A new type of house for the Chinese working classes is imperatively needed and, I am informed that this matter is receiving the attention of the Government.
W. W. PEARSE, M.D., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health.
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and to put such houses on a more or less similar footing to the older houses in which cubicles were permitted by the law.
It was therefore decided that in new houses' cubicles should be allowed provided the following conditions were observed: (1) the front quarter of the floor to be left free from cubicles, (2) the partitions forming the sides of the cubicles to be glazed `or made of rail or other open work in their upper thirds.
The following diagram shows the arrangement.
A large number of floors have had their cubicles altered to comply with this plan.
In making this concession the Board was actuated by the knowledge that the effectual enforcement of the law would result in driving those people to whom cubicles are a necessity from new houses" into "old houses thereby increasing the over- crowding of such old houses which are for many reasons less sanitary than "new houses".
While it is admitted that a hard and fast law to prevent the construction of windowless cubicles in new houses is desirable, it was found that in practice it was indesirable to enforce the law owing to the fact that the "new houses" are not of such design as makes such concession unnecessary.
A new type of house for the Chinese working classes is imperatively needed and, I am informed that this matter is receiv- ing the attention of the Government.
W. W. PEARSE, M.D., D.P.H.. Medical Officer of Health.
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