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City of London 1865

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once in every month, and shall be placed, arranged,
and kept, so as to keep and preserve the water from
contamination.
REGULATION II.
One separate, distinct, and convenient Privy with
a proper door thereto, shall be constructed and kept
for every twenty persons in a house or part of a
house let in lodgings or occupied by members of
more than one family, (the privy to be in a yard
if possible); and each privy shall be properly
trapped and drained, and shall at all times be
sufficiently supplied and flushed with water, and
kept wholesome, sweet, clean, and in good repair.
The water supply to the privy is to be
wholly independent of, and unconnected with the
cistern mentioned in the first regulation.
REGULATION III.
All sewers and drains of or belonging to, or connected
with any house or part of a house let in
lodgings or occupied by members of more than one
family, and all sinks, drains, gutters, and pipes
therein or thereto belonging, or connected therewith,
or running into or communicating with any
cesspool, sewer, drain, or outlet whatever, shall be