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APPENDIX VIL 
HOUSING AND LODGING HOUSE REGULATIONS. 
I.—Housing Regulations of Barmen. 
§ 1.—General. 
1. The living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens shall not be in a neglected condition or so 
damp as to be injurious to health ; they must have a means of access that can be locked 
and does not lead through any other dwelling. 
2. —(a) All such rooms shall have a height of at least 2*50 metres (8| feet), which in 
the case of unequal elevations in the ceiling and the floor shall be the minimum average 
height. 
(b) In buildings which were approved before April 1st, 1893, a height of 2 35 metres 
(7§ feet) may be considered sufficient. 
3. Every living room, bedroom and kitchen shall receive air and light direct from out 
side by means of windows in a suitable position. Lighting by means of a skylight alone 
is not permitted. 
1. The surface of the windows giving light and adjusted for opening shall measure at 
least 1 square metre (10f square feet) for every 30 cubic metres (1,060 cubic feet) of 
the room. 
5. —{a) In the two uppermost floors, kitchens and washhouses may adjoin a light 
shaft. 
(b) In both the uppermost floors, where the conditions are otherwise favourable, bed 
rooms may adjoin a light shaft provided they have an area of at least 7 square metres 
(75 square feet), and a window surface of at least 1 square metre (10| square feet). 
(c) Such light shafts shall be uncovered, have an area of at least 16 square metres 
(172 square feet), with a minimum measurement of 1*50 metres (5 feet), be throughout 
surrounded up to the roof by solid walls, and have at their lower ends a contrivance by 
means of which fresh air can be continuously supplied to them. 
6. —(a) In the case of basement floors and ground floor rooms not having the 
windows prescribed in paragraph three shall not be used for the permanent abode of 
persons at all ; in the case of other floors only, provided their height is at least 
3'50 metres (11^ feet), and they are so connected with a large well-lighted principal room 
that their lighting and airing are sufficiently and permanently provided for. 
The window surface of the principal room shall be enough for both rooms (see 
paragraph four). 
(b) In the case of buildings which were approved before April 1st, 1893, a less height 
can be regarded as sufficient, provided that other conditions are favourable. 
7. The floor shall be boarded or provided with a layer of firm and impenetrable 
material which must have no considerable grooves or unevenness. 
§ 2.—Basement Room,s and Garrets. 
1. —(a) Basement rooms may only be used as living rooms or bedrooms or other 
wise for the permanent abode of persons, provided the floor never lies more than 
0'50 metres (1 foot 8 inches) below the surrounding level of the ground, that the windows 
are 1 metre (3J feet) high and that the window head is at least 1*25 metres (4 feet) 
above the surface of the pavement or yard. 
(b) The floor may be sunk to a distance of 1 metre (3J feet) below the ground 
provided that an area is placed at the front wall belonging to the rooms concerned, whose 
width is at least 1 metre (3£ feet), and whose floor, which shall be well drained, is 
15 centimetres (6 inches) below the floor of the adjoining rooms. 
(c) Rooms, intended for permanent dwellings, whose floors are below the level of the 
ground are permitted in yards only if the length or breadth of the yard is greater than 
the heights of the fronts of the surrounding buildings. 
2. Basement rooms which were approved as living rooms before April 1st, 1893, 
may only be used as living rooms or bedrooms or otherwise for the permanent abode of 
persons provided the ceiling is at least 094 metres (3 feet) above the surface of the 
pavement or the yard, the window is 0*80 metres (21, feet) high, and the window head 
is at least 094 metres (3 feet) above the surface of the pavement or yard. 
3. —(a) The floor of every nethermost room intended for the permanent abode of 
persons shall be protected against ascending earth-damp or vapours by means of a solid 
waterproof floor. 
(b) The surrounding walls of all rooms intended for the permanent abode of persons 
shall likewise be secured against ascending earth-damp by means of isolating layers.