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9 houses in Harrow Green district
were found, on inspection, to have very
defective sanitary arrangements.
The landloid, under notice, has
entirely re-drained same, with intercepting
manhole; provided proper air
inlets and outlets to same; reconstructed
W.C.'s with open risers, straighthacked
pans, concrete floors, efficient
flushing cisterns, and paved around
back additions.
The drainage of a private school,
having a daily attendance of 50
pupils, on testing was found to be in
a most defective state. The soil pipe
in the house was found to be in a most
defective condition. On further investigation
it was discovered that formerly
a water closet existed in cellar,
and the apparatus had been removed, including
the trap, and the drain had been
closed with a mortar joint, which had
become defective allowing bad gases
to escape.
The drain was entirely reconstructed
on the most approved principle, tested
with the water test. The soil pipe
built on the external wall; the sink,
bath, and lavatory wastes made to
discharge over earthenware gullies,
and properly trapped under each arrangement.
In a private school having a daily
attendance of some 40 pupils, the connections
of W.C. werefound to be most
defective, the sink waste-pipe being in
direct communication with the drain,
which had no other means of ventilation;
also, the water cistern
was being used for both flushing and
drinking purposes.
Water closet entirely reconstructed
with open riser and concrete floor.
The branch drain relaid in concrete;
sink waste disconnected from drain
and made to discharge in open air over
an earthenware gully, also a ventilating
shaft provided for drain.
Two houses draining into cesspool
were found to be in a most insanitary
condition. The cesspool was overflowing
into an adjacent ditch, and the
drains were choked, settlement having
taken place in same in consequence of
imperfect laying. Earthenware pipes
inside house in lieu of soil pipes; joints
leaking; pan closets with iron containers
and leaden D-traps, pans being
broken away; sink and lavatory waste
pipes and rain pipes connected directly
with drain. General ill-health prevailed
amongst the inmates.
Cesspool emptied, and properly reconstructed
and ventilated. The house
drain was relaid on concrete, and properly
intercepted from cesspool; air
inlets and outlets provided; soil pipes
of galvanized iron provided and built
on external walls and carried full bore
above eaves of main buildings; the
defective closets replaced by approved
arrangements, and efficient syphon
flush cistern provided. Sink wastes
and rain water pipes disconnected, and
yards properly paved.
The Sanitary Inspector recommends that all ground floor waterclosets
should be properly constructed with straight back pans, cement
floors and open risers—that, also, first floor water-closet traps should
be connected with cement joints and yarn with a brass ferule wiped on
to the lead junction or leaden traps.