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the Regulation No. 21, to increase the maximum flush to a w.c.
from two gallons to three gallons' be not sanctioned as the
necessity for it is not proved."*
In connexion with this matter I may mention that the
Companies who supply this parish, have never, (within my
experience), raised objection to a three gallon flushing tank,
and many tanks of this capacity have been fixed with manifest
advantage. It need hardly be said that the ordinary pan-closet
* The Council's application was —
"(a) That regulation 21 under the Metropolis Water Act, 1871,
should be amended so as to read as follows :—
Every water-closet cistern or water-closet service box
hereafter fitted or fixed, in which water supplied by the
Company is to be used, shall have an efficient wastepreventing
apparatus so constructed as not to be capable
of discharging more than three gallons of water at each
flush.'
Other recommendations were made as follows :—
"(b) That the requirements as to the supply of water to water-closets
should apply equally to the supply of water to any sink
used for receiving any solid or liquid excremental filth.
"(c) That a regulation should be made which shall prevent cisterns being
brought into use for supplying water for domestic purposes, or for
food for beasts, so long as they directly supply any water-closet, or
sink used for receiving any solid or liquid filth.
"(d) That in all cases where any premises have a constant water service,
one or more taps should be provided, in connection with the
rising mains for the supply of water for drinking purposes."
With respect to (b) the Inspector reported, that the proposed addition
to the regulation "in itself, is desirable, but it is not very pressingly called
for." The Inspector added that (c) and (d) "not being, properly speaking,
Water Regulations, should not be sanctioned as such."