Practical sanitation; a handbook for sanitary inspectors and others;with apxon Sanitary law, by Herbert Manley . the groundadjoining, and it should have a fall towards the door of the privyof half an inch to the foot. Beneath the seat, the floor on whichthe receptacle rests must be at least 3 inches above the levelof the surface of the ground, and it also should be flagged orasphalted; the sides of this chamber must oe constructed offlagging, slate, or good brickwork, 9 inches thick, rendered incement. The receptacle itself is limited by the model bye-lawsto a capacity not exceeding 2 cubic fe
Practical sanitation; a handbook for sanitary inspectors and others;with apxon Sanitary law, by Herbert Manley . the groundadjoining, and it should have a fall towards the door of the privyof half an inch to the foot. Beneath the seat, the floor on whichthe receptacle rests must be at least 3 inches above the levelof the surface of the ground, and it also should be flagged orasphalted; the sides of this chamber must oe constructed offlagging, slate, or good brickwork, 9 inches thick, rendered incement. The receptacle itself is limited by the model bye-lawsto a capacity not exceeding 2 cubic feet. In the case of a privy with a fixed receptacle for refuse, it isessential that the ashes and dry refuse should be regularlymingled with the excreta, consequently the capacity of thereceptacle must be greater than 2 cubic feet. The limit of thecapacity in this case is fixed at 8 cubic feet in the model other respects, the structure of the privy is practically thesame as that just described. The great object in limiting thecapacity of the receptacle, is to necessitate weekly removal of the 11. 162 PRACTICAL SANITATION. contents. As this is hardly possible in rural districts, the abovelimit must there be exceeded. The following sketch (Pig. 93)represents an arrangement which, in the authors experience,answers admirably in rural districts, and it has this advantagethat in most cases it is possible to adapt it to existing will be noticed that the seat of this privy is higher than theone just described, and, for this reason, a step has to be pro-vided. The object of this is to add to the depth of the re-ceptacle, and at the same time to allow of its floor being abovethe level of the surface of the ground. The capacity of the receptacle ought not to exceed 1 cubicyard (27 cubic feet), as, in the case of a cottage, with ordinary economy in theconsumption ofcoal, this space isample for threemonths economy ismeant the ab-sence of wastefulconsumption.
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