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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
St Pancras 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London
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4.—Any person who shall provide a soil pipe in connection with a building
to be hereafter erected shall cause such soil pipe to be situated outside such
building, and any person wbo shall provide or construct or refit a soil pipe in
connection with an existing building, shall, whenever practicable, cause such
soil pipe to be situated outside such building, and, in all cases where such soil
pipe shall be situated within any building, shall construct such soil pipe in
drawn lead, or of heavy cast iron joiuted with molten lead and properly
caulked.
He shall construct such soil pipe so that its weight, in proportion to its length and internal diameter, shall be as follows
| Lead. | Iron. | |
|---|---|---|
| Diameter. | Weight per 10 feet length. Not less than | Weight per 6 feet length. Not less than |
| inches | 65 lbs. | 48 lbs. |
| 4 „ | 74 „ | 54 „ |
| 5 „ | 92 „ | 69 „ |
| 6 „ | 110 „ | 84 „ |
Every person who shall provide a soil pipe outside or inside a building shall
cause such soil pipe to have an internal diameter of not less than three and a
half inches, and to be continued upwards without diminution of its diameter,
and (except where unavoidable) without any bend or angle being formed in
such soil pipe, to such a height and in such a position as to afford by means
of the open end of such soil pipe a safe outlet for foul air, and so that such
open end shall in all cases be above the highest part of the roof of the building
to which the soil pipe is attached, and where practicable, be not less than
three feet above any window within twenty feet measured in a straight line
from the open end of such soil pipe.
He shall furnish the open end of such soil pipe with a wireguard covering,
the openings in the meshes of which shall be equal to not less than the area
of the open end of the soil pipe,
In all such cases where he shall connect a lead trap or pipe with an iron
soil pipe or drain, he shall insert between such trap or pipe and such soil pipe
or drain a brass thimble, and he shall connect such lead trap or pipe with
such thimble by means of a wiped or over-cast joint, and he shall connect
such thimble with the iron soil pipe or drain by means of a joint made with
molten lead, properly caulked.
In all cases where he shall connect a stoneware trap or pipe with a lead soil
pipe, he shall insert between such stoneware trap or pipe and such soil pipe
a brass socket or other similar appliance, and he shall connect such stoneware
trap or pipe by inserting it into such socket, making the joint with Portland
cement, and he shall connect such socket with the lead soil pipe, by means of
a wiped or overcast joint.
In all cases where he shall connect a stoneware trap or pipe with an iron
soil pipe or drain, he shall insert such stoneware trap or pipe into a socket
on such iron soil pipe or drain, making the joint with Portland cement.