Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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DETAILED SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTIONS—continued.
10.—Scullery sink connected with drain. | Disconnect scullery sink from drain and cause same to empty over an earthenware syphon gully in yard. |
11.—No water supply to house. | Provide proper water supply and water supply apparatus. |
12.—Cistern dirty, no cover. | Cleanse cistern and provide a cover. |
13.—Water supply to house from w.c. cistern. | Disconnect water supply from w.c. cistern and provide a separate supply from the main. |
14.—W.C. dirty, dilapidated, pan foul. | Properly cleanse, repair and lime-white w.o., and cleanse the pan. |
15.—W. C. pan broken, cracked, decayed, badly set. | Remove defective soil pan, and provide and fix a new one with a properly trapped outlet. |
16.—W.C. trap broken, defective. | Remove defective trap and provide and fix a new one. |
17.—W.C. choked, drain choked. | Open the drain and remove the cause of obstruction. |
18.—W.C., no water supply to. | Provide and fix a proper water supply and water supply apparatus to w.c., so constructed as to discharge at least two gallons at each flush through an inch and a quarter down pipe. |
19.—W.C. badly ventilated. | Improve the ventilation of w.c. |
20.—W.C. badly placed, and impossible to be ventilated. | Remove w.c. from present situation and construct a new one, in such position as will admit of ventilation into the external air, by means of an opening at least 18 inches square. |