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11. Sanitary accommodation intended for the use of more than one person shall comply with the following requirements : (a) Floors shall be of approved durable material, easily cleaned and impervious to damp, and shall be properly drained; (b) Bulkheads shall be of steel or other approved material and shall be watertight up to at least nine inches above the level of the deck; (c) The accommodation shall be sufficiently lighted, heated and ventilated; (d) Water closets shall be situated convenient to, but separate from, sleeping rooms and wash rooms, without direct access from the sleeping rooms or from a passage between sleeping rooms and water closets to which there is no other access : . Provided that this requirement shall not apply where a water closet is located in a compartment between two sleeping rooms having a total of not more than four persons ; (e) Where there is more than one water closet in a compartment, they shall be sufficiently screened to ensure privacy. 12. In all ships facilities for washing and drying clothes shall be provided on a scale appropriate to the size of the crew and the normal duration of the voyage. 13. The facilities for washing clothes shall include suitable sinks, which may be installed in wash rooms, if separate laundry accommodation is not reasonably practicable, with an adequate supply of cold fresh water and hot fresh water or means of heating water. 14. The facilities for drying clothes shall be provided in a compartment separate from sleeping rooms and mess rooms, adequately ventilated and heated and equipped with lines or other fittings for hanging clothes. Article 14 1. In any ship carrying a crew of fifteen or more and engaged in a voyage of more than three days' duration, separate hospital accommodation shall be provided. The competent authority may relax this requirement in respect of vessels engaged in coastal trade. 2. The hospital accommodation shall be suitably situated, so that it is easy of access and so that the occupants may be comfortably housed and may receive proper attention in all weathers. 3. The arrangement of the entrance, berths, lighting, ventilation, heating and water supply shall be designed to ensure the comfort and facilitate the treatment of the occupants. 4. The number of hospital berths required shall be prescribed by the competent authority. 5. Water closet accommodation shall be provided for the exclusive use of the occupants of the hospital accommodation, either as part of the accommodation or in close proximity thereto. 6. Hospital accommodation shall not be used for other than medical purposes. 7. An approved medicine chest with readily understandable instructions shall be carried in every ship which does not carry a doctor. Article 15 1. Sufficiently and adequately ventilated accommodation for the hanging of oilskins shall be provided outside but convenient to the sleeping rooms. 2. In ships of over 3,000 tons one room for the deck department and one room for the engine department shall be provided and equipped for use as an office. 3. In ships regularly trading to mosquito-infested ports provision shall be made to protect the crews' quarters against the admission of mosquitos by the fitting of suitable screens to side scuttles, ventilators and doors to the open deck.

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