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 Limehouse]
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12 Rainwater pipes, sink pipe. and waste water pipes of
all kinls shall discharge outside the house in to a stoneware
syphon gullcy communicating directly with the underground
drain.
13.-All sink pipes, as also soil pipes, shall, as far as
practicable, have no sharp curve-
Proper Y junctions shall, in all cases, be made in
connection with all underground drains. No right angle
junction shall be allowed.
15. That all closet pans be fixed with brickwork in cement.
. 16. That no pipe less than six inches in diameter be Used
to connect closet pans with drains.
17.—If a cistern be used in common for drinking purposes,
and for flushing a water-closet, it shall be provided with 1 waste
preventer of approved pattern
18.—All drains arc to be tested in such manner as may bedirected.
19.—That no drains be opened or disturbed for any purposewithout
twelve hours' previous notice thereof being
the Board.
20.—If the work should be discontinued from any cause
for more than one day, fresh notice must be given of the
intention to recommence it and all alterations thereto must have
the previous approval of the Hoard.
21.—Any application granted by the Board to be- subject,
from time to time during the execution of the works, to such
reasonable alterations therein, additions thereto, ami abandonment
of part or parts thereof, as may to the Board or their
officers appear, on the fuller knowledge afforded by the opening
of the ground, requisite to secure the complete and perfect
working of such works, which arc in all CMOS to be carried on
and completed with all reasonable dispatch.
HOUSE DRAINAGE -( Conrtinued)
No. | Locality. | No. of HOUSES | No. of Sow Connections. | New Buildings. |
---|---|---|---|---|
4815 | 90, 92, 94 & 36,. Carr Street | 4 | - | - |
4316 | 779. 781 783, Commercial Road East | 3 | 2 | 3 |
4317 | 62 & 63. Upper East Smithfield | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1318 | 82,Elsa Street | ''North Pole " Public House. | 1 | 1 |
4319 | 39, Narrow Street | 1 | __ | - |
4320 | 49, Maroon Street | 1 | _ | - |
4321 | Broad Struct | Free Trade Wharf | _ | 1 |
4322 | High Street, Wapping | Hermitage Wharf | 1 | - |
4323 | 14 & 10, Butcher How | 1 | 1 | _ |
4324 | Ropemakers Fields | Stables | __ | - |
4325 | 184, High Street. Shad well | 1 | _ | _ |
4326 | 7,8,9,10 & 11,11 alley Street | 5 | 1 | _ |
4327 | Ropemkers' Fields | Sheds at Brewery | 4 | 1 |
4328 | Upper East Smithfild | House, Stables. Ac. | 1 | 2 |
4329 | St. Panl's Road | Workshops, House and office | I | 2 |
Totals | 75 | 37 | 24 |