Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404Various
Science
Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404
Various
Science -- Periodicals
X. _Diphtheria._--Cottage alleged by the owner, and innocently believed
by the tenant, to be "one of the best plumbed houses in the county."
Pan closet in a decadent and offensive condition, with untrapped bath
waste and insufficiently trapped basin waste led into its seal. Short
vent from bend of closet trap to outside of wall, with orifice closed
during winter "to prevent water pipes from freezing;" soil-pipe thus
without ventilation at top or bottom. Butler's pantry sink connected
by tin pipe with earthenware drain, which was badly laid and composed
of different sized pipes. Some distance beyond the junction of the
soil pipe and wastes, this drain was tapped by a "ventilating" pipe
carried into a chimney flue, with an occasional down-draught. Kitchen
waste opening directly into an unventilated cesspool. All lead pipes of
poorest quality.
XI. _Diphtheria._--Country farm-house. No plumbing. Uncemented cellar;
living room in wing built directly upon the earth. Overflowing
privy-vault within twenty feet and on higher ground, the soakage and
surface washing from which had permeated the soil around and under the
building.
XII. _Diphtheria._--Large and handsome house. Sanitary arrangements
satisfactory to plumber. Pan-closet with insufficient flush. Two-inch
tin vent from bend of soil-pipe carried with various angles into
cold chimney flue. Running under the whole length of the basement
was an eight inch earthenware drain receiving the soil-pipe and the
wastes from different fixtures; its large caliber and slight grade
precluded proper flushing, and it was thickly coated with refuse and
chilled grease. Into its upper end was inserted the overflow from a
tightly covered cistern, so that the only ventilation of the entire
house-drainage system was through the rain-water leader, close to a
"mansard" bedroom window.
XIII. _Typhoid?_--Two small houses of the poorer class, situated on a
road at the foot of a steep declivity. No plumbing. Two privy-vaults, a
pig-pen, and an indescribably filthy cow stable just behind and above
them, from which the washings were traceable into their cellars.
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