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In every water closet used in common there shall be in addition to the above
requirements as to window ventilation some means of permanent ventilation. Where
the provision of natural means of ventilation for any water closet or bathroom is
too difficult or expensive to be practical alternative ventilation by mechanical means
may be deemed to be sufficient.
4. Water Supply
A sufficient and separate supply of water direct from the rising main for drinking
purposes shall be provided and maintained within each unit of accommodation
separately occupied.
5. Personal Washing Facilities
Suitable and sufficient facilities for personal washing shall be provided and maintained
for the use of each unit of accommodation separately occupied. Such facilities
shall be deemed to be insufficient if they fail to provide:—
(a) A wash hand basin or sink provided with hot and cold water supplies within
each unit of accommodation separately occupied.
(b) A fixed bath or shower provided with hot and cold water supplies for every
eight persons occupying a building under one management, excluding any
children under the age of one year, such bath or shower to be in a separate
bathroom and accessible at all times when not in use to persons living in the
building.
6. Drainage and Sanitary Conveniences
Every sink, wash hand basin, bath, shower and water closet shall be properly
drained and shall discharge to the foul drainage system.
One water closet shall be provided for every four rooms used or intended to be used
for living or sleeping purposes, or for every eight persons irrespective of age, occupying
a building under one management, whichever standard is the higher. Each water
closet must be readily accessible to those persons likely to use it and must not be
more than one floor distant from any room comprised in a unit of accommodation
separately occupied which it serves.
7. Facilities for storage, preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of
waste water
The following facilities shall be provided for each unit of accommodation separately
occupied on one of the floors where part or the whole of each unit of accommodation
separately occupied is situate:
(a) A ventilated food store of at least six cubic feet capacity.
(b) Sufficient space for the placing of a table to be used for the preparation of
food;
(c) Adequate facilities for the cooking of food by means of a cooking stove;
(d) A sink with a suitable waste pipe shall be provided beneath each drinking
water supply as described in Paragraph 4.
These facilities shall not be installed on any landing, staircase or passage used
in common. Where the facilities are provided in any kitchen used in common by the
occupants of any two or more units of accommodation separately occupied there
shall be separate food stores and cooking facilities for each unit of accommodation
separately occupied. In such kitchens used in common the requirements of this
standard shall be satisfied if there is at least one sink within the kitchen for the
inhabitants of every two units of accommodation separately occupied using the
kitchen.
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