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
Fig. 8 is the =bell=-trap, so called from its shape. Much used for the
drains of paved areas, yards, and cellars; liable to retain dirt, and
needs frequent cleaning; not a good trap. Fig. 9 is a =running=-trap,
used in house-drains and other pipes that are nearly horizontal. Fig.
10 represents a =mason’s= trap. Is built of brick or stone and cement.
Used in brick-drains and sewers, in receiving-basins at street corners,
etc. Requires frequent cleaning, and should never be used inside a
building. Fig. 11 represents the method of trapping a cesspool. The
same plan is also used for =grease=-traps, the outlet-pipe dipping
below the surface of the contents so that it is never obstructed by
the grease, which floats on top.
[Illustration: Fig. 11.—Trapped cesspool.]
A few patent traps are shown as samples:
[Illustration: Fig. 12.—Adee trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 13.—Bower trap.]
Fig. 12 is the Adee trap, a modification of the D-trap. Fig. 13 is the
Bower trap, claimed to be secured against siphonage or back pressure by
a rubber ball which floats up against the entering-pipe. Modification
of the bottle-trap. Fig. 14 is Bedell’s trap, with a metallic flap
or valve, and an opening on the sewer side of the valve, to relieve
pressure. Fig. 15 is Stewart’s trap, intelligible from the diagram.
Traps are also made of iron or glass, with a mercury seal, which, it is
claimed, are proof against siphoning, pressure, or evaporation.
[Illustration: Fig. 14.—Bedell’s trap.]
[Illustration: Fig. 15.—Stewart’s trap.]
4. A =louvered sky-light= is one with slats at the sides inclining
outward, so that air can escape but rain can not enter.
6. =Calked with lead.= (See 26.)
7. =Tempered-up cement.= Cement which has been used once, and has been
broken up and ground, for using a second time.
9. =House-drain=, of iron. (See “Bad Odors, 2, _a_.”)
10. =Water-closets.= Four principal classes, with innumerable
varieties, mostly patented.
1. The =pan-closet= (Fig. 16). Its chief advantage is its cheapness
and the ease with which it can be repaired. Its disadvantage is the
odor that usually attends its use. When the handle (_a_) is raised,
the contents of the pan (_b_) are thrown against the side of the iron
container (_c_), and some filth adheres there and decomposes, filling
the container with a noisome stench, which escapes into the room every
time the closet is used. An abundant flush, an enameled container, and
proper ventilation of the container, reduce this nuisance materially.
Generally condemned by sanitarians.
[Illustration: Fig. 16.—Pan-closet.]
[Illustration: Fig. 17.—Hopper-closet.]
2. =Hopper-closets= (Fig. 17). Rather unsightly, because the water and
floating matter in the trap are visible, and matters often cling to
the sides, but, with an abundant flush suddenly discharged, are very
inoffensive.
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