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possibility of contamination, and therefore the Council should have
power in all necessary cases to require the provision of a draw-off
direct from the main supply pipe.
Sometimes a sink is provided in connection with a dwelling
house but the water tap is not placed over it. In such cases the
sink and especially the waste pipe become foul from want of insufficient
and irregular flushing.
It is also necessary to have power to deal with an owner of
a dwelling house who occupies it or who allows it to be occupied,
without providing a proper and sufficient water supply in connection
therewith.
As a point of administration, the Council should have the
same power to require the provision of a proper water supply to
a house as well on the report of their Medical Officer as their
Surveyor. It is in point of fact the Medical Officer of Health,
whose duty it is to report on any such house, but the Council
cannot act on his report.
Legal powers necessary. To overcome these difficulties, the
following clauses are suggested for insertion in the Council's Bill:—
Cleansing of cisterns, etc.
1. The Council may make byelaws for securing the
cleanliness and freedom from pollution of tanks, cisterns and
receptacles kept for storing water used or likely to be used
by man for drinking or domestic purposes or for manufacturing
drink for the use of man. (Acton).
Provision of water supply to house directly from main-supply.
2. The owner or owners of every dwelling house, whether
built before or after the passing of this Act, and within or in
connection with which the supply of water is by means of
pipes and storage cisterns in connection with a main water
supply shall provide, if required to do so by the Council, an
efficient draw-off to be taken directly from the main water
supply pipe to the said house and fixed in a suitable position
to the satisfaction of the Council. (Liverpool).