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    • Ephemera

    Turner and Robertshaw's patent dividable closet and deodoriser : by means of which, the excreta that is at present offensive and almost worthless is rendered inoffensive and valuable. / James Robertshaw.

    | Date: 1879
    • Ephemera

    Turner and Robertshaw's patent dividable closet, or improved pail system : patented in England, the United States of America, Canada, France, Belgium, and Germany. / James Robertshaw.

    | Date: 1881
    • Ephemera

    Keith's patent water testing & flushing sewage gas trap.: we have the pleasure in directing the attention of architects, sanitary engineers, builders, plumbers owners of property, and all interested in improved and effective sanitation, to the above patent trap, which is manufactured and sold by us under licence from the patentee. / Albion Clay Co. Limited.

    | Date: 1894
    • Ephemera

    Public Health Act, 1875.: Bakewell rural district council. / Alfred Hawes.

    | Date: 1897
    • Ephemera

    E. J. Simmons, sanitary inspector, and inspector under the sale of food and drugs acts for the City of London. / E. J. Simmons.

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1910?]
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Sewerage
Sewage disposal
Toilets
Water Supply
Drinking Water

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