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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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of such mode of construction as to
receive and contain a sufficient
quantity of water, and to allow all
filth which may from time to time be
deposited in such pan, basin or
receptacle to fall free of the sides
thereof, and directly into the water
received and contained in such pan,
basin, or receptacle.
(f) He shall not construct or fix under such
pan, basin, or receptacle any "container,"
or other similar fitting.
(g) He shall not construct or fix in, or in
connection with the water-closet
apparatus, any trap of the kind known
as a "D" trap.
WASH-HOUSES, CELLARS, YARDS
AND AREAS.
13. All wash-houses, cellars, yards, and
areas of, or belonging to, any lodging house
shall be properly paved, flagged, drained, and
kept, so that all rain, waste, and other water,