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A considerable alteration has been made to the surface of the
streets by enlarging the previous refuge, and including the pavement
around King Charles I. Statue, thus dispensing with the cross
street or roadway formerly dividing the two refuges.
The Building provides for the following accommodation:-
For Men—28 urinals.
12 water closets.
2 lavatory basins.
For Women—5 water closets.
2 lavatory basins.
In addition, attendants' quarters are provided with store-room
for tools, &c.
Hot water is provided for the lavatories obtained by geysers
under the control of each attendant.
The urinals are automatically flushed as often as is thought
desirable by syphon cisterns, and the drainage has been rendered as
complete as possible by proper inspection areas and lampholes at
the end and intersection of each main drain, a trap being provided
at the main outlet to sewer, to prevent gas entering the drains.
Two air inlets are provided at the lower end of each drain extraction
being obtained by continuing the pipes through to the base of an
adjoining lamp column where provision is made for a gas ring to
induce a current of air in special conditions of the atmosphere.
The building itself is ventilated in the usual way by side
gratings open to the street as inlets, an extraction being provided
in the base of the large overhead central lamp.
The means of ingress and egress are also relied upon for
assisting ventilation, open iron gates being utilized for closing the
place.
A special damp course has been provided, both horizontally and
vertically in the walls, to ensure the building being thoroughly dry.
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