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St Giles (Camberwell) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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of such pan, basin, or other receptacle, and for the
prompt and effectual removal therefrom and from the trap
connected therewith of any solid or liquid filth which may
from time to time be deposited therein.
He shall furnish such watercloset 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 rcceive 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 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
receptacle, any "container" or other similar fitting.
He shall construct or fix immediately beneath or in connection
with such pan, basin, or other suitable receptacle, an
efficient siphon trap, so constructed that it shall at all times
maintain a sufficient water seal between such pan, basin, or
other suitable receptacle and any drain or soil pipe in connection
therewith, He shall not construct or fix in or in
connection with the watercloset apparatus any D trap or
other similar trap.
If he shall construct any watercloset or shall fix or fit any
trap to any existing watercloset or in connection with a soil
pipe, which is itself in connection with any other watercloset,
he shall cause the trap of every such watercloset to be ventilated
into the open air at a point as high as the top of the
soil pipe, or into the soil pipe at a point above the highest
waterclosct connected with such soil pipe, and so that such