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The pipes from sinks, overflow pipes from cisterns, the
pipes from baths and lavatories should never be made to enter
the druin, and thus form chimneys to the sewer. They
should terminate freely in the open air, and discharge their
contents into a trapped gully hole outside the house, in which
case the pipes will not become stopped, and fresh air can only
be admitted through them into the house.
The dischargo of a small quantity of carbolic acid from
every house would also prevent putrefactive fermentation
occurring in sewers, and further prevent nuisances dangerous
to health.
Ventilation of Houses.
Each room in a dwelling-house should be supplied with
a ventilator opening into the fresh air, which should never
be closed, but which may be covered with a piece of muslin
to distribute the air if draughts should be felt in the winter.
The ordinary outlets of the room will possibly be sufficient
for the exit of foul, heated, or used-up air, but an Arnott's
ventilator into the chimney, or a foul air flue built from the
corner of the room to a distance above the roof, renders the
ventilation more perfect.
j Disinfecting Apparatus.
A disinfecting apparatus has been purchased by the
Board, and will be shortly erected in some convenient part of
the district, where it will be available for public use as a
disinfectant of wearing apparel, bedding, &c.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
F. E. WILKINSON
To the Board of Works
for the Lewisham District.