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He shall also construct such earthcloset so that the contents
of such receptacle for filth may not at any time be exposed to
any rainfall or to the drainage of any waste water or liquid refuse
from any premises.
8. Every person who shall construct a privy in connection Privies,
with a building shall construct such privy at a distance of twenty
feet at the least from a dwelling-house, or public building, or any
building in which any person may be or may be intended to be
employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.
9. A person who shall construct a privy in connection with
a building shall not construct such privy within the distance of
one hundred feet from any well, spring, or stream of water used,
or likely to be used, by man for drinking or domestic purposes, or
for manufacturing drinks for the use of man, or otherwise in such
a position as to render any such water liable to pollution.
10. Every person who shall construct a privy in connection
with a building shall construct such privy in such a manner and
in such a position as to afford ready means of access to such
privy, for the purpose of cleansing such privy and of removing
filth therefrom, and in such a manner and in such a position as
to admit of all filth being removed from such privy, and from the
premises to which such privy may belong, without being carried
through any dwelling-house, or public building, or any building
in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed
in any manufacture, trade, or business.
11. Every person who shall construct a privy in connection
with a building, shall provide such privy with a sufficient opening
for ventilation as near to the top as practicable and communicating
directly with the external air.
He shall cause the floor of such privy to be flagged or paved
with hard tiles or other non-absorbent material, and he shall
construct such floor so that it shall be in every part thereof at a
height of not less than six inches above the level of the surface
of the ground adjoining such privy, and so that such floor shall
have a fall or inclination towards the door of such privy of half
an inch to the foot.