Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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DETAILED SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTIONS—continued.
10.—Scullery sink connected with
drain.
Disconnect scullery sink from drain
and cause same to empty over an
earthenware syphon gully in yard.
11.—No water supply to house.
Provide proper water supply and water
supply apparatus.
12.—Cistern dirty, no cover.
Cleanse cistern and provide a cover.
13.—Water supply to house from
w.c. cistern.
Disconnect water supply from w.c.
cistern and provide a separate supply
from the main.
14.—W.C. dirty, dilapidated, pan
foul.
Properly cleanse, repair and limewhite
w.o., and cleanse the pan.
15.—W. C. pan broken, cracked,
decayed, badly set.
Remove defective soil pan, and provide
and fix a new one with a properly
trapped outlet.
16.—W.C. trap broken, defective.
Remove defective trap and provide
and fix a new one.
17.—W.C. choked, drain choked.
Open the drain and remove the cause
of obstruction.
18.—W.C., no water supply to.
Provide and fix a proper water supply
and water supply apparatus to w.c.,
so constructed as to discharge at
least two gallons at each flush
through an inch and a quarter down
pipe.
19.—W.C. badly ventilated.
Improve the ventilation of w.c.
20.—W.C. badly placed, and impossible
to be ventilated.
Remove w.c. from present situation
and construct a new one, in such
position as will admit of ventilation
into the external air, by means of an
opening at least 18 inches square.