Sanitation of Mofussil BazaarsDisney, G. W. (George William)
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Sanitation of Mofussil Bazaars
Disney, G. W. (George William)
Sanitation
4. Models and type-plans of privies and urinals, approved by the
Commissioners, with estimates of the cost of constructing privies and
urinals in accordance therewith, shall be kept in the Municipal office
and shall be open to inspection by any person at all reasonable times
without charge; but no person shall be bound to construct any privy or
urinal in accordance with any such model or type plan if the same be
constructed in accordance with the other rules contained in this
Schedule.
[Sidenote: Drain.]
5. (1) A drain must be provided for every privy and every urinal.
(2) Such drain must be constructed of some impervious material, and must
connect the floor of the privy or urinal—
(_a_) with a drain communicating with a municipal drain or sewer; or
(_b_) if permitted by the Commissioners, with an impervious cesspool,
the contents of which can be removed either by hand, or by flow
after filtration.
[Sidenote: Floor.]
6. (1) The floor of every privy and urinal—
(_a_) must, if the Commissioners in any case so direct, be made of one
of the following materials to be selected by the owner of the
privy or urinal, that is to say, glazed tiles, artificial stone or
cement; or
(_b_) if no such direction is given, must be made of thoroughly well
burnt earthen tiles or bricks plastered, and not merely pointed,
with cement; and
(_c_) must be in every part at a height of not less than six inches
above the level of the surface of the ground adjoining the privy
or urinal.
(2) The floor of every privy and every urinal must have a fall or
inclination of at least half an inch to the foot towards the drain
prescribed by rule 5; and the platform must be similarly sloped towards
the aperture.
[Sidenote: Walls and roof.]
7. The walls and the roof (if any) of every privy and urinal shall be
made of such materials as may be approved by the Commissioners:
Provided that—
(_a_) in the case of privies, the entire surface of the walls below
the platform shall either be rendered in cement or be made as
prescribed in clause (_a_) or clause (_b_) of rule 6.
[Sidenote: Platform.]
8. The platform of every privy or urinal must either be plastered with
cement or be made of some water-tight nonabsorbent material as
prescribed in rule 6.
[Sidenote: Ventilation of privies in, or adjacent to, buildings.]
9. Every privy or urinal situated in, or adjacent to, a building must
have an opening, of not less than three square feet in area, in one of
the walls of the privy, as near the top of the wall as may be
practicable, and communicating directly with the open air.
[Sidenote: Regulation of service privies constructed for use in
combination with a moveable receptacle for sewage.]
10. Every privy must be constructed in accordance with the following
provisions:—
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