The herald., 1894-04-04

Dangerous Sanitary Regulations,
EDuoRs HERALD Through the me-
dium Of your valuable paper desire to
draw the attention of the public to Sec
tions and 7 OF the new plumbing or
dinace, wherein it is stated that cess
poole shall be ventilated by 4-inch
above ridge of dwelling, and that house
drains must have no cutoff trap be-
tween house and sewer.
When we consider that sewer or cess
pool cir 10 composed OF about three
parts cRrbonic acid. which is one and
one.half times heavier than common
and one-fourth fetid odors, we will be
able to see that If the disConnecting trap
bo dispensed with there will be danger
ous results, as follows:
First-On the hills, where windows Of
higher-grade dwellings comein line with
vent pipes OF loweF.grade dwellings, or
on level ground, where cottages abut to
O two-story dwelling, gases will be
blown into open windows.
Sscond-When wind prevails vent
pipes to windward will be fresh-air in
let's. whilst le5ward ones will be foul l-air
outlets.
Third--All beverage in it's course from
east to west will encounter partial checks
at the western corners of blocks where
the cross-street branches intersect the
main lines of sewer. This partial check
to the onward flow OF air and water will
cause certain amount of pressure
which will find relief through the soil.
pipe vents nearest the west end OF
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of blocks will act aa partial inlets to
supply outlets at thA west ends.
Fourth-Should an epidemic or in
iectioue disease prevail at the east END
OF the city there would be great danger
OF injecting every block in the course o.
the sewer by the prevailing moisture
particularly through the night and until
sunrise, crowding escaping sewer all
downwsrds. Inoculate a human beinE
with q minute quantity of vaccine mat,
ter and it will affect his whole system
Fifth-According to DR.. Neil Car
michRels experiments with ordinary
water traps, disease germs will not pRsI
through even when water ID not dis
/ turbed for several weeks. Fresh ali
inlet traps, as generally used in thiI
/ city, are dangerou5
/
sewage is discharged from dwelling.
2. At other times by rapidly evapor
ating water ont OF traps in house ant
leaving them unsealed.
Traps are very liable to become un
sealed by reason of hair or lint hangini
over outside leg of trap, forming a si
phon. In any OF second events Occurring
the room in which it happens becomes
part OF the public sewer.
Putting in a trap between houae
and sewer and sealing up the air inle
branch would remove that danger, ani
any ratification of air surrounding waste
pipes. above outer atmosphere woulC
assist in maintaining vacuum go tina
should a trap become unsealeG insteaC
of emitting foul air into room it woulC
inhale first air from room and at ever,
discharge of eewage a proportion o
carbonic acid would be carried off il
solution. -
1t may be asked, How are we to get ri
OF gases generated in sewer? In tn
absence OF fire iiues, which are very ex
pensive, rely on man-hole gratings, a
they are farthest away from dwell
ings and are at natural gravity leve
OF escaping gases and man holes, owin
to their large size, will allow CAGES I
escape more gradually.
Think of the abominable method b.
which dwellings are connected witt
cesspoosl 4-inch inlet pipe for ad
mitting sewage and 4.inch outlet pip
for exhsling the deadly gases and dis
ease germs constantly being generate,
from the contents
The Creator gives grand example O
the proper method OF dealing with sew
er gases, Oy our own constitution, tn
air We inhale being in great degrel
similar IN its composition to cesspoo
air.
He points our nostrils downward O.
that the exhaled air, or poison, canno
be again inhsled.
Chemists inform us that the earth
surface is mainly composed of this ga
element.
When human being dies and hi
body is committed to the earth sor
OF cesepool is created, which if the Lo
Angeles board OF health is right, ough
TO have sir inlet aud outlet pipes insert
ed into the coffin.
In my mind there is something wronj
in the methods of the Creator or tn
creatures. Which is IL?
VIM. HENDERSON.
University.