. A treatise on hygiene and public health . Fig. 28.—Jermiiiors all-earthen closet. Fig. 29.—Sink for slops. closets and urinals. Each closet should be provided with doors of ash,having self-closing hinges, and with a wooden seat on hinges, and it should have no other casing. Theentire plumbing and accessoryframework of the closet should beleft exposed, for the sake of clean-liness and ease of repair. Thefloors should be of slabs of slateor marble, to allow the free use ofwater by a hose. A simple meansof separate ventilation for thewater-closet is shown in Figure least a hundred pattern
. A treatise on hygiene and public health . Fig. 28.—Jermiiiors all-earthen closet. Fig. 29.—Sink for slops. closets and urinals. Each closet should be provided with doors of ash,having self-closing hinges, and with a wooden seat on hinges, and it should have no other casing. Theentire plumbing and accessoryframework of the closet should beleft exposed, for the sake of clean-liness and ease of repair. Thefloors should be of slabs of slateor marble, to allow the free use ofwater by a hose. A simple meansof separate ventilation for thewater-closet is shown in Figure least a hundred patterns ofwater-closets have been broughtbefore the public. One of the sim-plest and that requiring the leastcare is known as the Jennings all-earthen closet, and this has beenadopted in many of the hospitalsof the day. Provision should not
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