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 Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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WATER SUPPLY.
16. Where a tenant is entitled to the exclusive use
of any cistern or other receptacle for the storage of water
supplied to the premises, such tenant shall cause the same
to be thoroughly cleansed as often as may be requisite for
the purpose of keeping it in a clean and wholesome
condition.
17. Where two or more tenants are entitled to the use
in common of any cistern or other receptacle for the storage
of water supplied to the premises, the landlord shall cause
every part of the interior of such cistern or receptacle to
be thoroughly cleansed as often as may be requisite for the
purpose of keeping the same in a clean and wholesome
condition ; and no cistern or reservoir supplying water for
drinking or culinary purposes or for use in the preparation
of food, shall have any connection with a water-closet.
WATER CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
18. The landlord shall provide sufficient accommodation
for every house by means of a water-closet or waterclosets,
and every water-closet shall be supplied with
proper flushing apparatus, and such accommodation shall
be in the proportion of not less than one water closet to
every twenty persons lawfully occupying the house.