Section 79

For the purpose of this Act a house shall be deemed to be so overcrowded as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the

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inhabitants thereof if it or any room therein is found to be inhabited in excess of the proportion of one adult to every three hundred and fifty cubic feet of clear internal space, and in such calculation every person over ten years of age shall be deemed an adult and two children not exceeding ten years of age shall be counted as an adult.