The Health Exhibition Literature. ...W. Clowes & Sons, 1884 |
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... feet above the highest window , and we must take care lest the birds come and build in it . 15. " It is constantly a matter of surprise and disgust to notice , especially in houses built for the working and middle classes , how often ...
... feet above the highest window , and we must take care lest the birds come and build in it . 15. " It is constantly a matter of surprise and disgust to notice , especially in houses built for the working and middle classes , how often ...
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... feet deep and 3 in diameter , at the bottom of which a moderately clear stream of water was observed to be flowing . As an experiment the whole of the brook water was now diverted into this hole , at the bottom of which it entirely ...
... feet deep and 3 in diameter , at the bottom of which a moderately clear stream of water was observed to be flowing . As an experiment the whole of the brook water was now diverted into this hole , at the bottom of which it entirely ...
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... feet deep with a bore hole at the bottom , another 196 feet deep , making 443 feet altogether . The effect of the continuous pumping from this well was to dry the wells of the houses in the neighbourhood , and these were then used in ...
... feet deep with a bore hole at the bottom , another 196 feet deep , making 443 feet altogether . The effect of the continuous pumping from this well was to dry the wells of the houses in the neighbourhood , and these were then used in ...
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... feet per minute , or 2 feet per second . For every inlet there must be an outlet of equal size . If the apartment be small and the air - inlet in a bad position , draughts will be created , because the large proportion borne by the ...
... feet per minute , or 2 feet per second . For every inlet there must be an outlet of equal size . If the apartment be small and the air - inlet in a bad position , draughts will be created , because the large proportion borne by the ...
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... feet , we find that the astonishing quantity of 475,200 cubic feet , or 2,980,000 gallons of air per hour rush over the surface of the body of a man exposed to the fresh air . It must be remembered also that in streets and narrow ...
... feet , we find that the astonishing quantity of 475,200 cubic feet , or 2,980,000 gallons of air per hour rush over the surface of the body of a man exposed to the fresh air . It must be remembered also that in streets and narrow ...
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Page 248 - On the restoration of life, a tea-spoonful of warm water should be given ; and then, if the power of swallowing has returned, small quantities of wine, warm brandy and water, or coffee, should be administered. The patient should be kept in bed, and a disposition to sleep encouraged.
Page 701 - ... intended to be taken, and requiring an answer stating whether the person so served assents, dissents, or is neuter in respect of taking such lands.
Page 645 - For the purposes of this act, 1. any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health; 2.
Page 78 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 20 - ... refuse, on one side, which the clean water nevertheless chastises to purity ; but it cannot conquer the dead earth beyond ; and there, circled and coiled under festering scum, the stagnant edge of the pool effaces itself into a slope of black slime, the accumulation of indolent years.
Page 19 - TWENTY YEARS ago, there was no lovelier piece of lowland scenery in South England, nor any more pathetic in the world, by its expression of sweet human character and life, than that immediately bordering on the sources of the...
Page 743 - And here 1 cannot, but with much reverence, mention the every-way Right Honourable Thomas Howard, Lord High Marshal of England, as great for his noble patronage of arts and ancient learning as for his birth and place ; to whose liberal charges and magnificence this angle of the world oweth the first sight of Greek and Roman statues, with whose admired presence he began to honour the gardens and galleries of Arundel-house about twenty years ago12, and hath ever since continued to transplant old Greece...
Page 394 - ... (except such duties, powers, and authorities as relate to the affairs of the church, or the management or relief of the poor, or the administration of any money or other property applicable to the relief of the poor...
Page 394 - All Acts of parliament in force in any parish or place to which this Act extends, or in any part of such parish or place, shall, so far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act...
Page 646 - Any house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates, whether or not members of the same family: 6.