Stables and Privies must be at least a hundred feet from water reservoirs.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
Now, section fourteen of the law in regard to tenement houses says: "The tenant of any lodging-house or tenement house shall thoroughly cleanse all the rooms, floors, windows, and doors of the house, or part of the house, of which he is the tenant, to the satisfaction of the Board of Health; and the owner or lessee shall well and sufficiently, to the satisfaction of said board, whitewash and otherwise cleanse the walls and ceilings thereof, once at least in every year, in the months of April or May, and have the Privies, drains, and cesspools kept in good order, and the passages and stairs kept clean and in good condition."
"White Slaves"
Louis A Banks
Many references to the early Privies in use on the courthouse grounds appear in both the court order books and the board of supervisors minute books.
"The Fairfax County Courthouse"
Ross D. Netherton Ruby Waldeck