Practical sanitation; a handbook for sanitary inspectors and others;with apxon Sanitary law, by Herbert Manley . Fig. 52. BANITAET AND INSANITARY WORK AND APPLIANCES. 99. Fig. 53. maintained by means of a plug, A, which is contained in a sidechamber, B 0, from the top of which an overflow passes down tojoin the soil-pipe below the plug, or, as is sometimes the case,the overflow, trapped by an S-trap, passes through the centre of the plug. It isnot a safe proceed-ing to connect oneof these closets di-rect with the soil-pipe, but, like thevalve closet, itshould dischargeinto a syphon-trap,otherw
Practical sanitation; a handbook for sanitary inspectors and others;with apxon Sanitary law, by Herbert Manley . Fig. 52. BANITAET AND INSANITARY WORK AND APPLIANCES. 99. Fig. 53. maintained by means of a plug, A, which is contained in a sidechamber, B 0, from the top of which an overflow passes down tojoin the soil-pipe below the plug, or, as is sometimes the case,the overflow, trapped by an S-trap, passes through the centre of the plug. It isnot a safe proceed-ing to connect oneof these closets di-rect with the soil-pipe, but, like thevalve closet, itshould dischargeinto a syphon-trap,otherwise, foul airwill pass into theapartment fromthe soil-pipe whenthe closet is inuse. Also, shouldany substance, such as paper or a match, get lodged betweenthe plug and its socket, and so allow the water forming the sealgradually to pass away, the soil-pipe would then be in directcommunication with the house. Another objection to the plugcloset is, that owing to splashing, the plug chamber above theplug becomes foul, and an offensive smell may pass into theapartment through the opening for the plug handle. Thisdifficulty has been overcome by Jennings, who, in his n
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