The Health exhibition literature. v. 8, 8. köideW. Clowes & Sons, 1884 |
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... doubt in my mind as to the extent to which the Regulations should be enforced in providing and keeping the sanitary arrangements of the poor in an efficient state , as if frequent inspections are made , and the owners or rent ...
... doubt in my mind as to the extent to which the Regulations should be enforced in providing and keeping the sanitary arrangements of the poor in an efficient state , as if frequent inspections are made , and the owners or rent ...
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... doubt that as a rule the closets which have a water supply are rarely so filthy as those that are cleansed by hand - flushing ; and that the proportion of dirty pans is much larger amongst hand - flushed than closets . provided with a ...
... doubt that as a rule the closets which have a water supply are rarely so filthy as those that are cleansed by hand - flushing ; and that the proportion of dirty pans is much larger amongst hand - flushed than closets . provided with a ...
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... doubt as to the result in case of fire . It does seem to me possible that the expansion of the iron might lead to a solution of continuity on the part of the plaster . This , however , may easily be ascertained by experiment , and ...
... doubt as to the result in case of fire . It does seem to me possible that the expansion of the iron might lead to a solution of continuity on the part of the plaster . This , however , may easily be ascertained by experiment , and ...
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... doubt great improvements were taking place in that way , but it would be a long time before they could possibly hope that all the existing defects of sanitary arrangements could be set right . Surely with reference to houses that were ...
... doubt great improvements were taking place in that way , but it would be a long time before they could possibly hope that all the existing defects of sanitary arrangements could be set right . Surely with reference to houses that were ...
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... doubt about it whatever that in districts where houses were built , where every kind of arrangement that was required for the pur- pose of making those houses healthy were properly carried out under the inspection of the local authority ...
... doubt about it whatever that in districts where houses were built , where every kind of arrangement that was required for the pur- pose of making those houses healthy were properly carried out under the inspection of the local authority ...
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ALFRED CARPENTER ambulance amongst animals beds Board body burial carbonic carbonic acid carried cause chalk cholera cisterns compulsory condition considerable Contagious Diseases Animals contamination cost cremation danger death diphtheria domestic doubt drains enteric fever epidemic fact feet filter fire FISHERIES gallons ground hard water hospital hydrants important impurities infectious diseases instance lime Loch Katrine Loch Venachar London means Medical Officer meter metropolis Metropolitan Board miles milk necessary notification obtained Officer of Health organic matter paper patient persons pipes poisons polluted population practice present pumped pure purposes quantity question referred regard removal reservoirs result river rural districts sanitary arrangements sanitary authorities scarlet fever sewage sewer small-pox soft water softening springs square miles sufficient supply of water surface taken Thames tion town typhoid fever typhus ventilation waste water companies water supply
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Page 554 - HOME then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried unanimously.
Page 10 - For fixing and from time to time varying the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family...
Page 254 - The great-eyed oxen through the flaming hours, Goading their velvet flanks : then marked he, too, How lizard fed on ant, and snake on him, And kite on both ; and how the fish-hawk robbed The fish-tiger of that which it had seized ; The shrike chasing the bulbul, which did chase The jewelled butterflies ; till everywhere Each slew a slayer and in turn was slain, Life living upon death.
Page 248 - ... to inform you that the German Government has asked the Swiss Federal Council to take charge of the German interests in the United States for the duration of the war. Subject to the American consent, the Swiss Government has declared its willingness to assume this responsibility.
Page 575 - This Handbook is intended as a. guide, in simple language, from which the public may learn how to render efficient aid at the moment of injury. Not only are wounds...
Page 587 - THE HERRING FISHERY. By R. Hogarth. is. THE HERRING FISHERIES. By RJ Munro. is. THE HERRING FISHERIES. By HJ Green, is. THE SCOTCH EAST COAST, ORKNEY AND SHETLAND, LEWIS AND BARRA HERRING FISHING. By WS Miln.
Page 142 - During the autumnal heats the infection grew, Tame cattle and the beasts of nature slew, Poisoning the standing lakes, and pools impure; Nor was the foodful grass in fields secure. Strange death! for when the thirsty fire had drunk Their vital blood, and the dry nerves were shrunk, When the contracted limbs...
Page 465 - The 9 oz. of burnt lime may be dissolved in any quantity of water not less than 40 gallons. The solution would be called lime-water. During the burning of the chalk to convert it into lime, the 7 oz.
Page 47 - Sites for building, and for regulating the Dimensions, Form, and Mode of Construction, and the keeping, cleansing, and repairing, of the Pipes, Drains, and other Means of communicating with Sewers...
Page 465 - Ib. of chalk, scarcely soluble at all in water, may be rendered soluble in it by either of two distinct chemical changes — soluble by being deprived entirely of its carbonic acid, when it forms lime-water, and soluble by combining with a second dose of carbonic acid, making up bicarbonate of lime.