The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-22

for In Section 80 OF this ordi-
. nance.
Health shall consider IL necss-
sary the Department OF Buildings
shall also require movable tran
som sashes with wire glass over
doors for public halls and into
the different apartments.
Sec. IS. Rooms, Lighting and
Ventilation VI. Cd No room In
tenement house erected prior
Z to the passage OF this Ordinance
8 shall hereafter be occupied for
! less II shall have q window or
windows with q total area OF not
less than eight go Quare feet be-
D tween the stop beads. opening
I directly upon the street or upon
a yard not less than ten u0) feet
; deep. or above the roof of an ad-
I joining building. or upon court
OF not less than twenty GOD |
s square feet In area, open to the
sky without roof OF skylight. un-
top floor and Is adequately light
0 ed and ventilated by q skylight /
! opening directly to the outer air.
2 CD Every room which cannot
: comply with the above provision
I shall be provided with q sash
0 window. not less than fifteen G5) ,
y square feet between stop beads,
Z opening into an adjoining room |
In the same apartment which lat
Q ter room either opens directly on |
4 above dimensions. by means OF a |
Y window or windows at least fif- /
'3 teen t5) square feet In total |
a area between the stop beads. /,
IS Said sash window shall be entire I,
g ly OF vertically sliding pulley
q hung sashes all made so as to
IS readily open. and the lower half
- shall be glazed. with translucent
70 glass, and so far as possible II
u shall be In line with windows In
y the said outer room opening on
l3 the street or yard so as to AFFORD
4 a maximum OF light and ventila-
10 ton.
Sec. SO. ocercrowding. II a
room in tenement house Is
overcrowded. the Board Of Health
may order the number OF persons
sleeping or living In said room
to be so reduced that there shall
not be less than six hundred (600)
cubic feet or air To each adult,
10 Of air to each child under twolvc
] years o. age occupying such
Sec. 40. Cellar and Basement
Rooms, ID In every tenement
erected prior TO the passage OF
shall be occupied for living pur-
poses nor shall any basement
Z room be so occupied unless II full
fills all the requirements AZ call
9 ed for in Section % OF this Ordi-
n nance.
1 (2) The floor OF the cellar or
2 lowest floor of every tenement
8 house shall be free from damp
ness and when considered neces-
5 sary by the Board OF Health shall
u inches Of concrete Of good quail
S ity and with a finished surface.
9 The cellar ceiling Of every tene-
70 ment house shall be plastered.
J when necessary to prevent the
z spread of damp air. The cellar
3 walls and ceilings shall be white
"A washed or painted n light color.
Sec. Al. Walls and Ceilings Of
Rooms. In all tenement houses
3 erected prior to the passage OF
s Health may require the walls and
ceilings Of every room that does
Z not open directly on the street or
yard to be kafsomined white or
painted with white paint when
o necessary to improve the lighting
4 ing OF such room and may re-
2 Quire this to be renewed az often
3 as may be necessary.
Sec. AZ. Water Supply. Every
tenement house erected prior to
shall have on every floor at least
; one proper sink with running
water furnishing sufficient guam
tity at one or more places ac-
8 cessible to each family on tho
10 without passing through another
Sec. as. Water Closet Accomo-
2 dations. "a In every tenement
house erected prior to the pass
6 be provided at least one n)
s water-closet for every two fam
: lilies.
8 CD Every new water-cioset
2 hereafter placed In tenement
10 house. except one provided to re-
II place defective or antiquated
2 fixture In the same location. shall
Ii comply with the provisions OF
"A Section 80 and 80 OF this Orji-
5 nance relative to plumbing fix
g lures In tenement houses here
4 after erected.
IS CD No water closet shall be
. maintained In tho cellar of any
20 tenement house nor shall the gem
4 eral water closet accommodations
y OF any tenement house be- per-
3 mitted In the cellar OF basement
q thereof.
Sec. a. Woodwork OF Fixtures
Removed. In all tenement houses
erected prior to the passage of
closing sinks and water-ciosets
shall be removed. and the space
underneath said sinks and water-
closets shall be left open. The
floors and wall surface beneath
9 and and, around nr n, the sink or closet
2 der and repair. and " OF wood
Is shall be kept we'll painted with
a light colored paint.
Sec. As. Privy Vaults and
z Water-Closets. In all tenement
age Of this Ordinance. where a
B connection with y sewer Is pos
sible. all privy vaults or other
Z similar receptacles used to re-
ceive focal matter, urine or sew
10 Nineteen hundred and fourteen
II $50, be completely removed
u and the place whore they were
3 located properly disinfected un-
4 der the direction Of the Board OF
. Health. Such appliances shall be
lS replaced by Individual water-
q closets OF durable non absorbent
q material. properly sewer-connect-
% cd. and with Individual traps. and
20 properly connected with flush
y water to thoroughly cleanse the
% bowl. Each water closet shall be
= located inside the tenement house
70 or building in construction with
rs which II Is to be used in a com
81 partment completely separated
20 and such compartment shall con-
30 tain a window Of not less than
81 four ~ square feet In area. open
- ing directly to the street. or yard
SO or on court Of the minimum
- size prescribed In Section Of
50 this Ordinance. The floors OF the
IS water-closet compartments shall
81 be waterproof as provided In
ss Section 81 Of this Article.
Sec. Is. Scuttlcs. Bulkheads.
2 Ladders and Stairs. Every tcne-
ment house exceeding two stories
4 and a basement In height erect
ed prior TO the passage OF this
Ordinance shall have in the roof
a bulkhead or seuttle which
s shall be not less than twenty-five
3 t22) inches by thirty-six (ss)