Hand-book of Sanitary Information for Householders: Containing facts and suggestions about ventilation, drainage, care of contageous diseases, disinfection, food, and water. With appendices on disinfectants and plumbers' materials.Tracy, Roger Sherman
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Hand-book of Sanitary Information for Householders: Containing facts and suggestions about ventilation, drainage, care of contageous diseases, disinfection, food, and water. With appendices on disinfectants and plumbers' materials.
Tracy, Roger Sherman
Disinfection and disinfectants; Drinking water; Food adulteration and inspection; Hygiene; Sanitation, Household; Ventilation
52. No privy-vault, or cesspool for sewage, will be permitted in any
part of the city where water-closets or a school-sink can be connected
with a public sewer in the street.
53. School-sinks must be of cast-iron, not more than two feet in depth,
connected at the upper end with the Croton supply, and at the lower end
with a drain leading to the street-sewer, and provided with an outlet
at the lowest point and on the bottom so as to admit of a complete
discharge of the contents whenever the outlet is opened and the sink
flushed with water.
54. The sink must be set so that the flange will be at least two feet
below the yard surface, to prevent freezing. It must be at least ten
feet from any window, or as near that distance as practicable.
55. The waste-pipe from a hydrant-sink in the yard must be properly
trapped, especially where it discharges into a school-sink, a
privy-vault, or cesspool, or the house-drain.
56. Open light and air courts must be properly drained.
57. When a privy-vault or cesspool must necessarily be used, and the
water-supply of the premises is from a well, they must be at least
fifty feet from the well; and the privy-vault must be absolutely tight.
_Explanatory Remarks._
2. =As direct as possible.= To insure an uninterrupted flow. When a
pipe has to pass an obstruction (a beam or post) an =offset= is used
(Fig. 2).
3. The =soil-pipe= is that which conveys the contents of water-closets
to the house-drain: the =waste-pipes= are intended to carry other
refuse fluids only. The =house-drain= is the large pipe which receives
the contents of the soil and waste pipes and conveys them outside the
house.
A =trap= is a bend (with or without an enlargement) of the pipe,
intended to retain a sufficient amount of the fluids that enter it to
occlude the pipe and prevent the backward flow of air. The effective
=water-seal= is represented by the total depth of water in the trap,
minus the inside diameter of the pipe, and should be at least one inch.
[Illustration: Fig. 2.—Offset.]
[Illustration: Fig. 3.—S-trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 4.—Half S-trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 5.—D-trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 6.—Bag-trap.]
Traps are of various kinds, and many are patented. The accompanying
figures represent the principal types.
Fig. 3 is the S-trap. Fig. 4 is the half S-trap. There is also a
three-quarter S-trap. Fig. 5 is a D-trap, formerly much used, but now
mostly out of date, because it retains dirt. Fig. 6 is a =bag=-trap.
It has no advantage over the S-trap, and uses more material. Fig. 7 is
a =bottle=-trap, much used in Boston. This also retains dirt. There
are varieties of it, the distinguishing feature of all being that the
fluids enter them at the bottom and flow out at the top.
[Illustration: Fig. 7.—Bottle-trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 8.—Bell-trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 9.—Running-trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 10.—Mason’s trap.]
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