Note 196 — Chapter XXIII · PUBLIC CONVENIENCES.
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The urban authority have an absolute discretion as to the sites they select. They cannot, however, erect public conveniences so as thereby to cause a nuisance, even though the convenience is wanted and the locality chosen suitable. (Vide ‘Public Health and Local Government Act,’ by F. V. Fitzgerald, 3rd edition, p. 33.)
[197] The quantity of water usually required to each stall when kept constantly running is about half a gallon per minute.
[198] For an excellent specimen of such public accommodation, that at Liverpool near the St. George’s Hall should be inspected.