.-Every latrine on the surface provided for the use of persons employed in a mine shall conform to the following standards of construction-(a)it shall be on a site approved of in writing by an Inspector;(b)it shall be built of brick or other suitable building material;(c)it shall be adequately drained and properly ventilated and afforded effective protection from the weather;(d)it shall be of a type approved of in writing by an Inspector;(e)the floors and any interior surface of walls up to a height of [1.25 metres] [ Substituted by G.S.R. 31, dated 29.12.1960.] shall be cement punned or otherwise so finished as to provide a smooth impervious surface;(f)it shall be partitioned off so as to secure privacy and shall have a proper door and fastenings and where a latrine intended for the use of one sex adjoins a latrine intended for the use of other sex, the approaches shall be separate;(g)where a latrine is of the service type, the service chamber shall be provided with an efficient trap door and the receptacles for night-soil shall be of galvanised iron;(h)the interior walls, ceilings and partitions shall be white-washed once at least in every four months, and the date of such white-washing shall be recorded in a book kept at the mine for the purpose:Provided that this requirement regarding white-washing shall not apply to those parts of walls, ceilings or partitions which are laid in glazed tiles or otherwise finished so as to provide a smooth, polished and impervious surface but all these parts shall be washed with suitable detergents and disinfectants at least once in every seven days.
