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The owner of any "occupied building" shall provide under the
proposed Bye-laws one Water Closet for every twelve inmates ; if
these Bye-laws are retrospective there are very many houses in
Southwark where either more Water Closets will have to be erected
or the number of occupants of the houses diminished!
URINALS.
The construction of Urinals generally speaking has to follow
the lines of the construction of Water Closets. Each must be
provided with an automatic flushing cistern of given capacity, to
flush not less than once in every 25 minutes. This is a reasonable
time to elapse between flushings and not too frequent for a Urinal in
constant use.
The repair of a Closet falls on the owner, but as regards
cleanliness of Closets, accessories and Urinals, the occupier is held
responsible; excepting where two or more families use the same
Water Closet or Urinal, in which case the duty devolves on the
landlord.
This provision will ensure greater cleanliness by defining the
liability, and should avoid friction between different occupiers as to
their duties.
The Bye-laws as a whole are a considerable extension of the
previous ones and are, in our opinion, an advance in the practical
course of sanitation.
ACTS AND BYE-LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Acts of Parliament—
Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890.
The Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
The Metropolis Management Act, 1855.
The Factory and Workshops Acts, 1901 to 1907.
The Bag and Flock Act, 191.1 and 1928.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875 and 1927.
Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Sale of Horse Flesh Regulation Act, 1889.
Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts, 1920
and 1923.
Local Government Act, 1929.
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928.