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Waterclosets.
person who shall construct an earthcloset in connection with a
building, shall construct in one of the walls of such watercloset or
earthcloset which shall abut upon the public way, yard, garden, or
open space, as provided by the preceding bye-law, a window of such
dimensions that an area of not less than two square feet, which
may be the whole or part of such window, shall open directly in to
the external air.
He shall, in addition to such window, cause such watercloset
or earthcloset to be provided with adequate means of constant
ventilation by at least one air-brick built in an external wall of
such watercloset or earthcloset, or by an air-shaft, or by some
other effectual method or appliance.
3. Every person who shall construct a watercloset in connection
with a building, shall furnish such watercloset with a
cistern of adequate capacity for the purpose of flushing, which
shall be separate and distinct from any cistern used for drinking
purposes, and shall be so constructed, fitted, and placed as to
admit of the supply of water for use in such watercloset so that
there shall not be-any direct connection between any service pipe
upon the premises and any part of the apparatus of such watercloset
other than such flushing cistern.
Provided always that the foregoing requirement shall be
deemed to be complied with in any case where the apparatus of a
watercloset is connected for the purpose of flushing with a cistern
of adequate capacity which is used solely for flushing waterclosets
or urinals.
He shall construct or fix the pipe and union connecting such
flushing cistern with the pan, basil, or other receptacle with which
such watercloset may be provided, so that such pipe and union
shall not in any part have an internal diameter of less than one
inch and a quarter.
He shall furnish such watercloset with a suitable apparatus
for the effectual applicatiou of water to any pan, basin, or other
receptacle with which such apparatus may be connected and
used, and for the effectual flushing and cleansing of such pan,
basin, or other receptacle, and for the prompt and effectual
removal therefrom and from the trap connected therewith of any
solid or liquid filth which may from time be deposited therein.
He shall furnish such watercloset with a pan, basin or other
suitable receptacle of non-absorbent material, and of such shape,
of such capacity, and 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.
He shall not construct or fix under such pan, basin or receptacle,
any "container" or other similar fitting.
He shall construct or fix immediately beneath or in connection
with such pan, basin, or other suitable receptacle, an efficient
siphon trap, so constructed that it shall at all times maintain a
sufficient water seal between such pan, basin, or other suitable