London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1894
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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Before any new drain is constructed, or old
one altered or amended, a plan and section of
the proposed work shall be submitted to and
approved by the Sanitary Authority.
11. All drain soil, rain-water, waste and
other pipes, sinks, gutters, water-closets, baths,
urinals, lavatories, traps, syphons, gullies, and
all other sanitary works and apparatus connected
therewith in a lodging-house, and all fittings
and appliances belonging thereto, shall be
constructed of such materials and in such
manner, and shall be maintained, trapped, and
ventilated as may from time to time be required
by the Sanitary Authority.
12. The landlord of a lodging shall provide
and maintain water-closet accommodation
in the proportion of one properly constructed
water-closet to every 15 persons occupying
the house.
Every water-closet hereafter constructed for
use in a lodging-house shall be constructed
by the landlord according to the following
rules:—