. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . built according to directions given in thissection, they are a good provision for disposing of allsewage. WHEN CESSPOOLS ARE ADMISSIBLE A cesspool may bebuilt with safetywherever there is nowell, cistern, or cellarin such a locationas to be contami-nated by it. Usuallya cesspool is dugdown to gravel orsand, and if there isa well near by, par-ticularly on the lowerside, the sewage islikely to find its wayto the well, carryingall ma
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . built according to directions given in thissection, they are a good provision for disposing of allsewage. WHEN CESSPOOLS ARE ADMISSIBLE A cesspool may bebuilt with safetywherever there is nowell, cistern, or cellarin such a locationas to be contami-nated by it. Usuallya cesspool is dugdown to gravel orsand, and if there isa well near by, par-ticularly on the lowerside, the sewage islikely to find its wayto the well, carryingall manner of diseaseLu the household through the water supply. If the cess-pool is shallow, there is even possibility that the cisternor the cellar will become contaminated. If well built, andcare has been taken to locate it where its contents can notreach the water supply, it will probably be a safe, sanitaryarrangement. HOW TO BUILD THE CESSPOOL For ordinary family use a cesspool four feet squareis large enough. That size is less likely to cave in thana larger one. It should be cased up with the most durabletimber available. Redwood or cedar planks are good. Put. A Practicable Cesspool Sewerage 53 Health—thou chiefest good bestowed by Heaven. —Lucan two-by-four-inch joists in the corners perpendicularly, andspike the planks solidly to them, so there will be no dan-ger of the planks becoming disarranged so as to permitthe earth to cave in. Begin the casing as soon as thehole is three or four feet deep. The casing will then dropdown as fast as the digging proceeds, thus preventing acave-in. If practicable, dig down to gravel or sand. Itsdepth should be from twelve to twenty feet. When thework is finished, the top of the casing should be left atleast three feet below the surface, and covered over thetop with heavy planks. Make the cover solid, so thatthere will be no danger of its breaking in. Dig a ditchfrom the outlet of the sewer-pipe at the house to the cess-pool, making the
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