Evening star., 1942-01-03
Stricter Rules
For Restaurants
Expected Here
Drastic Health
Lows for Rooming
Houses Adopted

Lows Tor koomIn9
Houses Adopted
New and more stringent restaurant
equations have been proposed by
Health Oficer George C. Rutland
and are expected to be adopted soon
BY the Commissioners as . sequel to
the drastic boarding and roomins
house rules promulgated yesterday,
District ofIicials said today.
To permit proper policing OF the
two new sets of rules, which are
designed to promote public health
and safety, DR.. Rutland revealed he
is asking an increase in funds to
permit the hiring of "a additional
on a deficiency basis so
they may be put to work soon.
The health oficer estimated IA
additional inspectors would be need
ed for investigation of boarding and
rooming houses and 20 more food
inspectors to meet needs Of inspect
ing the increased numbers Of restau-
rants and boarding houses.
Effective in 80 Days.
The new boarding and rooming
house rules are to 90 into effect ip
80 days.
They give the health ofdcer or his
agents the right to enter any lodg-
ing, rooming or boarding house, at
all reasonable hours for inspection
purposes.
Under the authority of the Dis
tricts license law, owners or man.
ayers of lodging houses in which
sleeping quarters are provided TO
accommodate four or more tran
sients, and less than 10 are required
to obtain an annual license at $40.
and owners or managers OF all room
ing houses having sleeping accom-
mediation for four or more perma-
nent roomers, and all boarding
houses containing sleeping accom-
modations for four or more persons
are required to obtain an annual IS
license.
Among the new rules were the
following requirements:
Overcrowding-No room shall be
used for sleeping purposes unless 1t
has at least 400 cubic feet Of air
space per person.
Lighting-No room shall be used
for habitation unless it has one or
more windows opening to outside
air and equivalent in glass area to
at least 1917 per cent of the floor
area of the room. Such rooms must
be provided with artificial lighting
reasonably uniformly distributed so
as to provide illumination of an in
tensity of 6-foot candles for general
habitation and 10-foot candles for
reading or similar tasks, measured
at q distance Of 80 to So inches
above the floor.
Heating Regulations.
Heating-No room shall be used
for habitation that is not maintain
ed at a temperature of at least 10
degrees between 7 am and 10 pm.
whenever occupied.
Ventilation-No room shall be
used for habitation that is not pro-
vided with an openable window area
for ventilation purposes Of at least
6k per cent of the floor area. except
that mechanical or positive" ven
tilation systems may be substituted
for or supplement natural venula-
ton using openable windows. WIen
mechanical ventilation systems are
used. rooms shall be provided with
facilities for at least three air
changes per hour.
Screening-No room shall be used
that is not provided. during the ny
and mosquito breeding season with
screens of at least 16 meshes to the
inch. 50 maintained as to prevent
effectively the entrance into thu
building of flies and mosquitoes ano
the dwelling shall be provided wltE
outside screen doors, which shall
; open outwardly and be self-closlng
.. except that an effective means otnel
!, than a screen may be substituted u
approved specifically by the heal0
. of1icer.
Bedding Requirements.
Bedding-No room shall be uset
; fo- habitation and sleeping that Il
: provided with mattresses made o.
/. moss, sea grass. excelsior. husks o.
shoddy. All bedding must o'
l thoroughly aired, disinfected o.
r otherwise kept clean. Clean pillow
: slips and sheets must be provided a
l least once q week and a clean Sc
S must be provided each succeeding
S guest. :,
! Vermin-No building shall b
t used if that building or any part O.
0 it or its furniture or bedding is no
v maintained free Of vermin.
| Toilets, bathrooms and lavatorie
l NO building shall be used in which
: water closets, bathrooms and show
4 ers are not located in accompaniment
r or rooms separate from living quar-
ters' and provided with light ant
( ventilation in accordance WITT
= plumbing regulations Of the District
: In every building any room or com
It partment containing a water close
S or urinal shall have at least !
d square feet of floor area and a
least 100 cubic feet of air space 10
e each water closet and each urina
S The floor of every water closet an
y bath compartment shall be water
e tight with tile concrete or othe
q waterproofing material. Such water
s proofing shall extend not less tina
: 1 inches up the vertical walls
r the compartment. Openings
shower compartments shall be pre-
vided with waterproof curbs nc
less than 4 inches high. Walls
shower compartments shall be con
structed of impervious materials.
Bath Facilities.
). Separate toilet and bath facilitie
v. must be provided for each 10 occr
J. pants. Individual bath and fat
j. towels Of adequate size must be pre-
vided at least twice weekly and
e, clean set provided for each SUI
= ceeding guest. There was . gener
order that all toilet and bath NJ