Literal question
8. Sanitary service
Type:
With instant discharge of water:
[] 1 W.C., with seat
[] 2 W.C., at floor level
Without instant discharge of water:
[] 3 Latrine
[] 4 Without service
Use:
[] 1 Private
[] 2 Common
Sewerage:
[] 1 Public system
[] 2 Septic ditch
[] 3 Cesspool
[] 4 Hole in the ground
[] 5 On surface
[] 6 Other
Interviewer instructions
Title VIII. Sanitary service
146. Under this title, information about the following three aspects is registered:
a) The type of sanitary service, that is, from an installation used for the elimination of excrement, distinguishing whether an instant discharge of water is used every time that the installation is used;
b) The type of use with the aforementioned installation, that is, exclusively for one family or common, for many;
c) The type of waste pipe, or that is, the place where the discharge is meant to go, after finishing.
Facilities with instant discharge of water
147. Two types of facilities exist, that is, the standing W.C. of porcelain and with a seat; and the so called "taza turca" [squat toilet], or simply a toilet made of porcelain or similar materials that is found at floor level.
Facilities without instant discharge of water
148. The typical latrine exists that can have many forms of construction.
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Use of facilities
149. Make the corresponding notation, according to the case.
Waste pipes
150. Mark only one of the boxes, corresponding to the six headlines that are specified below:
a) Septic tank or septic chamber, is a closed chamber made of concrete which the waste pipes go to and where a phenomenon of decantation and purification is produced. These ditches finally drain by overflowing into an absorption well.
b) Cesspool, or absorbent well is an excavation closed by a ditch and whose lateral walls may or may not be covered with brick or other materials where the eliminated material goes.
c) Hole in the ground is a common hole similar to latrines without any lid and where the eliminated materials go without any discharge of water. This is typical in rural areas.
d) As for the remaining answers, they do not require any other explanation.
