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Floors.
(4) He shall provide any such water-closet that is approached from the
external air with a floor of hard smooth impervious material, having a fall to
the door of such water-closet of half-an-inch to the foot.
Doors and
fastenings.
(5) He shall provide such water-closet with proper doors and fastenings.
Light.
3. (1) Every person who shall construct a water-closet in connection
with a building, whether the situation of such water-closet be or be
not within or partly within such building, shall construct in one of the
walls of such water-closet 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 into the external air.
Ventilation.
(2) He shall, in addition to such window, cause such water-closet to be
provided with adequate means of constant ventilation.
Cisterns.
4. (1) Every person who shall construct a water-closet in connection
with a building, shall furnish such water-closet with a cistern of adequate
capacity (not less than 2 gallons) 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 water-closet, so that there shall not be any direct connection
between any service pipe upon the premises and any part of the apparatus of
such water-closet other than such flushing cistern. Such flushing cisterns
shall be constructed so as to discharge completely with one pull and to
refill rapidly.
Cisterns used
solely for
flashing.
Provided always that the foregoing requirement shall be deemed to be
complied with in any case where the apparatus of a water-closet is connected
for the purpose of flushing with a cistern of adequate capacity, which is used
solely for flushing water-closets or urinals.
Flushing pipe to
pans.
(2) He shall construct or fix the pipe and union connection of such flushing
cistern with the pan, basin, or other receptacle with which such water-closet
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.
Flushing
apparatus.
(3) He shall furnish such water-closet with a suitable apparatus for the
effectual application 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 to time be deposited therein.
Pan or
receptacle.
(4) He shall furnish such water-closet 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