. 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 .. . the cesspool fully three anda half feet, thus permitting the sewer-pipe to enter thecesspool through the casing, below the cover, as shown inthe diagram. In very cold countries this plan will needto be modified as much as necessary to place all pipes be-low the freezing-point. CESSPOOL VENTILATORS The only ventilator necessary for a cesspool built inthis way is the iron-pipe ventilator, mentioned above, whichis attached to the was
. 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 .. . the cesspool fully three anda half feet, thus permitting the sewer-pipe to enter thecesspool through the casing, below the cover, as shown inthe diagram. In very cold countries this plan will needto be modified as much as necessary to place all pipes be-low the freezing-point. CESSPOOL VENTILATORS The only ventilator necessary for a cesspool built inthis way is the iron-pipe ventilator, mentioned above, whichis attached to the waste-pipe, below the trap, and extendsup through the roof of the building. Wooden ventilators,built, as they often are, directly over the cesspool, areexpensive, unnecessary, and unsanitary. THE SEPTIC TANK The septic tank is one of the most modern arrange-ments devised for caring for the sewage of public in-stitutions which are located where there is no city correctly built, it is perfectly sanitary, and is considereda great success by sanitariums, hospitals, and other in-stitutions that have installed them. It is not so expen- 54 Home and H e a 11 h. ,iby!^ ,;; 1.;/ r^^^>^^^M=g^^.^,^^»^^. M^C^: 1^ ^^^ss y ... i^ wmsr PartitionedTank. The Septic Tank Sewerage 55 * The more perfect our health, the more perfect will beour labor. sive as to be beyond the reach of any well-to-do family;and it is particularly desirable and practical where thefamily is large. It is difficult to install the septic tankwhere the ground is perfectly flat; but as public institu-tions and large dwelling-houses ought to be, and usuallyare, located on high ground, this plant can usually be putin without difficulty. DIRECTIONS FOR BUILDING A SEPTIC TANK Locate the tank a good distance from the house, atleast a hundred yards. Two or three hundred yards isbetter. It should be well out of the public grounds, wherethe very knowledge of its existence will not be an should be where
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