The public health acts amendment act, 1907 : with explanation, full commentary upon the sections, and summary of recent public health decisions / by Arthur E. Clery and J. McWalter.

Clery, Arthur Edward, 1879-1932.

Date:: 1908

Credit: The public health acts amendment act, 1907 : with explanation, full commentary upon the sections, and summary of recent public health decisions / by Arthur E. Clery and J. McWalter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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$WATER-CLOSETS, &c. (ss. 39-42). Srr/ioiis 39-42 are concei'iied willi that most inipor-Water-closets tant of sanitary matters, the provision of proper water-in New closets, a ira/ir^r/osct being defined by the Act as a receptacle for human excreta . . . used or adapted or intended to be used in connection with the water- carriage system, and comprising provision for the :'flushing of the receptacle by means of a fresh water supply, and having pro'per communication with a ^sewer. (See p. 131 pi/sf.) There was, indeed, already a certain power given by Ihe Public Plealtli Act to the local authority to insist on ^proper closet accommodation, but they could not in all cases insist on n (ilcr-rl()S(i.-< (see note to section)— lancient ideas in tlicse matters being still tolerated. But \by the present section, wherever the water-supply and •sewer are sufficient {i.e., sufficient and reasonably ■■•available for flushing the number of water-closets the local authority requires to be provided (s. 39 (1) ), very 'full powers to insist on water-closets [or slop-closets •m certain cases to be mentioned] are given to them. These powers may be divided into two according as bliey relate to (A) new buildings, or (B) (wifttiin/ build- imgs, and the latter may be again subdivided according as they relate to («) the (ilti'rtitinn of e.ristiiiff closets, or (&) the provision of new closets. All thk powers to be mentioned apply only IF bhere are a sufficient water-supply and sewer as defined by s. 39 (1). If this condition be fulfilled, ithen— .I'A) New Buildings. Where the plans for a new building are deposited with them, within a month afterwards the local authority may require the niimher of vater- clnsets iiecesmnj in the circumstances to he jiro- vicled. Max. Penalty for Non-Compliance, £b ; and Max-$