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 Camberwell]
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liquid filth which may from time to time
be deposited therein:
He shall furnish the water-closet with
a pan, basin, or other suitable receptacle
of non-absorbent material, and of such
shape, of such capacity, and of such mode
of construction as to receive and contain a
sufficient quantity of water, and to allow
all filth which may from time to time be
deposited in such pan, basin, or other
receptacle to fall free of the sides thereof,
and directly into the water received and
contained in such pan, basin, or receptacle :
He shall not construct or fix under
such pan, basin, or other receptacle any
container" or other similar fitting:
He shall not construct or fix in or in
connexion with the water-closet apparatus
any trap of the kind known as a "D" trap.
30. The landlord of a lodging-house shall
cause every common passage or staircase in such
house to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time
as often as may be requisite.
31. The landlord of a lodging house shall
provide adequate means of ventilation in or in connexion
with every common passage or staircase in