LIBRARY OF THE
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EDITING COMMITTEE.

J. F. J. SYKES, D.SC., Chairman.

H. E. ARMSTRONG, D.HY.

A. WYNTER BLYTH, M.R.C.S.

MAJOR LAMOROCK FLOWER.

H. R. KENWOOD, M.B., L.R.C.P., D.P.H.

HENRY LAW, M.INST.C.E.

G. J. SYMONS, F.R.S.

DAWSON WILLIAMS, M.D.

E. WHITE WALLIS, F.S.S., Secretary.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

List of Plates

Officers of the Institute, 1896-97

Congresses held by the Institute

PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTE-PAPERS READ.

The Lessons to be learnt from the Experimental Investigations by the
State Board of Health of Massachusetts, upon the Purification of
Sewage, by Captain Sir Douglas Galton, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S..
The Influence of Subsoil-Water on Health, by S. Monckton Copeman,
M.A., M.D., M.R.C.P.

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The Isolation of Cases of Infectious Diseases in the Metropolis, by
Augustus Charles Scovell, J.P.
Factory and Workshop Acts and the powers and duties of Sanitary
Authorities with regard to Workshops, by John F. J. Sykes,

D.SC., M.D.

113

Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year 1895.

Inaugural Address, by Right Hon. The Earl Percy, P.C., D.L., J.P.
Address to Section I., Sanitary Science and Preventive Medicine, by
Prof. W. H. Corfield, M.A., M.D., FR.C.P.
Address to Section II, Engineering and Architecture, by Sir Andrew
Noble, K.C.B., F.R.S., M.INST.C.E. .
Address to Section III., Chemistry, Meteorology, and Geology, by W. H.
Dines, B.A., F.R.MET.SOC.

Address to Conference of Port Sanitary Authorities, by A. Holt-Barber. 273
Address to Conference of Medical Officers of Health, by Alfred Hill,
M.D., F.R.S.E., F.I.C.
Address to Conference of Municipal and County Engineers, by F. J. C.
May, M.INST.C.E.

277

Address to Conference of Sanitary Inspectors, By G. Reid, M.D., D.P.H.
Address to the Conference on Domestic Hygiene, by The Mayoress of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

299

307

Lecture to the Congress, By A. Wynter Blyth

309

Popular Lecture, by Sir Charles Cameron

336