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Eleven water-closet apartments were abolished as they
were structurally unfit for the purpose, and in each instance
a new apartment was erected.
Ten existing w.c. apartments were properly repaired,
lighted and ventilated.
Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts.
Sixty-nine new soil pipes and ventilating shafts were fixed,
these being constructed with either (a) Strong cast-iron pipes,
"coated" or galvanised, to prevent corrosion, and the joints
thereof run with lead and caulked, or (b) solid drawn lead
pipe with wiped solder joints. A permanent and reliable
joint between each w.c. apparatus and soil branch is rigidly
enforced. In cases of necessity watea-closet traps are ventilated
by suitable anti-syphouage pipes.
Thirteen existing soil pipes and ventilating shafts were
properly repaired.
There arc several legal provisions in force within the
district which deal expressly with soil pipes.
Section 36 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act,
1907, prohibits the us© of rain-water pipes as soil pipes, and
Section 37 of the same Act provides that a rain-water or stackpipe
shall not be permitted to serve or to act as a ventilating
shaft to any drain.
The Finchley Urban District Council Act, 1908,. lection
29, enacts that the soil pipe of any water-closet within a house
or building shall be properly ventilated by means of a pipe
caried up therefrom or by such other method as the Council
shall direct.
Baths, Lavatory Basins and Sinks.
Sixty-one new trapped waste pipes were fixed in connection
with baths, lavatory basins, and sinks, and seventy-eight
existing waste pipes were repaired or properly trapped.