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St Pancras 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Entrance.
The entrance to a urinal should have a shield or screen or automatically
closing door offering as little obstruction as possible to the inlet of air.
Stalls.
If basins are provided they should contain water. If basins are not provided
the front of each stall shall have a hard, even, impervious surface of slate or
glazed earthenware or other similar material as smooth as possible, and inclined
vertically in order to reduce adherence and corrosion to a minimum and to
facilitate flushing, and should be provided along the top with a sparge pipe
supplied by a cistern.
Water Supply.
Water should be supplied to the urinal stalls either by an automatic flush
tank or a hand flush tank. A tap for washing down the walls and floor of the
urinal should also be provided and so fixed that it will not be likely to be
polluted, and the water should be taken from a supply cistern and not directly
from the main.
Walls.
The internal surfaces of the walls of a urinal should be constructed of hard,
smooth, impervious material.
Floor.
The floor of a urinal should be constructed of hard, smooth, impervious
material so levelled as to drain away all liquids to a proper gulley situated
within the urinal enclosure.
Ventilation.
An enclosed urinal should have a permanent opening or openings direct
into the outer air at the top or side and of a total superficial area of at least
one-tenth of the floor space, and at least one half of the area of the opening
or openings should be situated at the top of the urinal.
Lighting.
Sufficient daylight should be admitted so that every part of the urinal
can be easily seen. Artificial light should be provided so as to properly light
the interior of the urinal after daylight.
§ 6.—LEGAL DECISIONS.
REGISTRATION OF TENEMENT OCCUPIERS.
SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE.
King's Bench Division.
(Before Lord Chief Justice Alverstonk and Justices Wills and Darling.}
November 7th, 1905.
COURT OF APPEAL.
(Before the Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Romer, and Lord Justice
Matthew.)
November 15th and 167i, 1905.
Kent and Another v. Fit tali.
Parliamentary and municipal registration—Inhabitant occupier of a dwellinghouse—Lodger—Person
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