. 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 .. . s provide a good out-side entrance. 4. Never build a cistern in the cellar, either above orbelow the surface, nor near enough on the outside so thatdampness will soak through. And, above all things, donot dig the well in the cellar; it may be as convenientas to keep the pigs in the parlor, but it is equally filthy,more unsanitary, and a great menace to health. 5. The ground floors of the house which constitute theceiling of the ce
. 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 .. . s provide a good out-side entrance. 4. Never build a cistern in the cellar, either above orbelow the surface, nor near enough on the outside so thatdampness will soak through. And, above all things, donot dig the well in the cellar; it may be as convenientas to keep the pigs in the parlor, but it is equally filthy,more unsanitary, and a great menace to health. 5. The ground floors of the house which constitute theceiling of the cellar should be built double and as per-fectly tight as it is possible to make them, thus preventingdirt from sifting down into the cellar, and odors fromarising through the floor into the living-rooms above. 6. Keep the cellar free from decayed vegetables, filthyboxes and barrels, cobwebs, and litter of all kinds. 7. Whitewash the ceiling in the spring, also the walls,unless they are finished with cement. 8. Provide screens for the windows, so they can bekept open all the time in summer, and arrange for asmuch ventilation in winter as the climate will are ofPlumbina IMPORTANT ITEMS Constant and careful attention must be given to theplumbing to prevent unsanitary conditions. If sanitaryplumbing is installed according to directions already givenin the building of the house, the difficulties will be min-imized. A valve or cut-off should always be provided somewhereon the main line, leading to the fixtures, so that the pres-
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