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15.—There shall be an approved damp-proof course
above the ground or basement level.
16.—Stair-cases and passages, especially those of
tenement houses, shall be well lighted and ventilated bydirect
communication with the external air.
Notice of the intention to build new or alter existing
premises with a plan of the same (Forms to be procured at
the Vestry Hall), shall be deposited with the Surveyor to
the Vestry shewing the proposed drainage works, and no
part of such drainage shall be laid until the plan has been
approved by him, nor shall any portion thereof be covered
up or filled in until it has been inspected and passed by the
Surveyor or Sanitary Inspector of the District.
That in respect of existing properties, before notices
with regard to inspection-chambers or damp courses are
served, the consent of the Committee is first to be obtained
after the facts of each case have been reported upon by the
Sanitary Officers.
It is Recommended—
That pan-closets with containers and also of the long
hopper class be not adopted.
That for surface-traps stoneware syphon gullies only
be used.