enclosed penthouses for use as schools or boys' and girls' clubs. During the year a new type of block was introduced in which the courtyards are enclosed by hollow block screens within which are placed the end staircases. This has brought about a striking change in appearance; but the basic design remains the same, as can be seen from Drawing No. 2 at Appendix II. The chief advantage of this new type of block lies in its having an additional twenty four rooms, each with a private balcony and four ground floor shops.
42. The wings of each building vary from 140 to 320 feet in length depending on the site. Each wing is normally divided into bays of about twenty five feet (the full width of the wing) by nine feet six inches Access is provided by balconies on each floor which run completely round the four sides of each wing.
43. These 240 square foot bays were, in the first buildings, divided by centre line partitions into rooms of 120 square feet. In later blocks the position of this partition varies from floor to floor and on some floors it is omitted altogether. It is thus possible to provide rooms of different sizes for larger and smaller families. The dimensions of the rooms, and their monthly rents, are:
(a) $10 rooms of about 86 square feet for families of 3 to 34
'adults';
(b) $14 rooms of about 120 square feet for families of 4 to 5
'adults';
(c) $18 rooms of about 152 square feet for families of 5 to 61
'adults';
(d) $28 rooms of about 240 square feet for families of 8 to 10 'adults' (or two smaller families wishing to share). (a child under 10 years is counted as half an adult).
44. On sites where space is limited or where difficulties of site formation preclude the use of a standard ‘H' block, a single wing block, known as an 'I' block, is used. The design and the dimensions are similar to each wing of the 'H' blocks, the only difference being that the latrines and bathrooms are incorporated in the block.
45. Standard resettlement accommodation can be converted at little cost into self-contained flats of either 240 square feet (1 bay), 360 square feet (11⁄2 bays) or 480 square feet (2 bays), each flat having its own kitchen, lavatory, shower and private balcony. Conversions of this kind have in fact been made on the top floors of blocks in most estates to provide quarters for the estate staff. Drawings showing how these con-
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