A handbook of house sanitation : for the use of all persons seeking a healthy home ; a reprint of those portions of Mr. Bailey-Denton's lectures on sanitary engineering given before the school of military engineering, Chatham, which related to the "dwelling."

  • John Bailey Denton
Date:
1882
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Credit: A handbook of house sanitation : for the use of all persons seeking a healthy home ; a reprint of those portions of Mr. Bailey-Denton's lectures on sanitary engineering given before the school of military engineering, Chatham, which related to the "dwelling.". 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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    AIR ] It is very similar to Tylor's closet just described, but its trap is placed below the floor level, and not above as in the previous instance. Some people consider this to be an advantage, inasmuch as a more thorough flush out of the trap is ensured. The same want of ventilation is also experienced as in Tylor's closet, and this to render it a perfectly safe closet should be supplied. It is shown in connection with one of Underhay s regulators, the action of which is fully explained in a subsequent paragraph. Fig. 24 shows Doulton's best valve closet, which has_ the advantage of the ventilation wanting in the previous illustrations. In this example the letter G marks the inspection opening with an air-tight cover, affording a ready means of access to the trap m case of obstruction, and H the junction socket at the back of the closet trap for the purpose of carrying a ventilating pipe either ,into the soil pipe ventilator or into the open air. Fig. 24. RECULATINC SCREW—-I JNLET SOIL PIPE The closet of Jennings, of Lambeth (Fig. 25), has much to recommend it both for the simplicity of its construction and the compactness of some of its parts, i.e., those shown on the illustra- tion, which consists of a basin and trap in one piece of earthen- ware.