The sanitary inspector's handbook / by Albert Taylor.

  • Taylor, Albert.
Date:
1905
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Credit: The sanitary inspector's handbook / by Albert Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The length from the bulkhead to the door of the opposite cupboard. The width across the cabin at the bulkhead. The product of the height, length, and width thus measured will represent, for the purpose of this rule, both the gross and the net cubical capacity or free air space. Rule B (for narrow boats). Measure :— The height from the floor to the roof in the middle of the cabin. The length from the bulkhead to the end of the cabin at the side of the doorway. The greatest width from side to side of the boat at the bulkhead. The product of the height, length, and greatest width thus measured will represent the gross cubical capacity of the cabin. To obtain the net cubical capacity or free air space of the cabin, deduction from the gross cubical capacity should be made in accordance with the following directions:— If the cabin have only the following shut-up cupboards or lockers, viz., a table cupboard, a side bed-locker or cupboard, a cross bed-locker or lockers, and a cupboard above the cross bed— (a) If the height of the cabin be not less than five feet, deduct one-fifth. (b) If the height of the cabin be less than five feet, deduct one-fourth. If the cabin have only the following shut-up cupboards or lockers, viz., a table cupboard, a cross bed.locker or lockers and a cupboard above the cross bed— (a) If the height of the cabin be not less than five feet, deduct one-sixth. (b) If the height of the cabin be less than five feet, educt one-eighth.