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Regulations as to Water-closets, dc.—Public Health (London) Act,
1891, Sec. 37.
37—(1) It shall not be lawful newly to erect any bouse or to
rebuild any house pulled down to or below the ground floor without
a sufficient ashpit furnished with proper doors and coverings, and
one or more proper and sufficient water-closets according as circumstances
may require, furnished with suitable water supply and
water supply apparatus, and with suitable trapped soilpan and other
suitable works and arrangements, so far as may be necessary to
ensure the efficient operation thereof.
(2) If any person offends against the foregoing enactment of
this section, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
(3) If at any time it appears to the sanitary authority that any
house, whether built before or after the commencement of this Act,
is without such ash-pit or water-closets as aforesaid, the sanitary
authority shall cause notice to be served on the owner or occupier
of the house, requiring him forthwith, or within such reasonable
time as is specified in the notice, to provide the same in accordance
"with the directions in the notice, and if the notice is not complied
with the said owner or occupier shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
five pounds, and a further fine not exceeding forty shillings for each
day during which the offence continues; or the sanitary authority,
if they think fit, in lieu of proceeding for a fine, may enter on the
premises and execute such works as the case may require, and may
recover the expenses incurred by them in so doing from the owner
of the house.
(4) Provided that—
(a) Where sewage or water supply sufficient for a
water-closet is not reasonably available, this section shall
be complied with by the provision of a privy or earthcloset;
and
(b) Where a water-closet has before the commencement
of this Act been and is used in common by the