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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(a) If the water-closet is intended to be
within the the house, he shall construct
such water-closet in such a
position that one of its sides at least
shall be an external wall.
(b) He shall construct in one of the walls
of the water-closet, whether the
situation of such water-closet is or is
not within the house, a window of
not less dimensions than two feet by
one foot, exclusive of the frame and
opening directly into the external
air. He shall, in addition to such
window, cause the water-closet to be
provided with adequate means of
constant ventilation by at least one
air-brick built in an external wall of
such water-closet, or by an air-shaft,
or by some other effectual method or
appliance.
(c) He shall furnish the water-closet with a
separate cistern or flushing box of
adequate capacity, which shall be so