The Health exhibition literature. v. 8, 8. köideW. Clowes & Sons, 1884 |
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sions , this somewhat interferes with the beneficial effects of cement . Now of all the odd things that you would think of applying for the purpose of developing fire - proof qualities , perhaps the oddest would be sulphur . But it is a ...
sions , this somewhat interferes with the beneficial effects of cement . Now of all the odd things that you would think of applying for the purpose of developing fire - proof qualities , perhaps the oddest would be sulphur . But it is a ...
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... effect upon the health of the inhabitants . If the cistern was put in a place where it could not be seen , and in a place where there must be bad smells , it was certain that the water would become 66 With that reality we have more or ...
... effect upon the health of the inhabitants . If the cistern was put in a place where it could not be seen , and in a place where there must be bad smells , it was certain that the water would become 66 With that reality we have more or ...
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... effect was very surprising ; the cement made up without the sulphur was broken up , and the lime became desiccated and crumbled to dust when water was put upon it , but the cement made with sulphur stood the test admirably well . Mr. E ...
... effect was very surprising ; the cement made up without the sulphur was broken up , and the lime became desiccated and crumbled to dust when water was put upon it , but the cement made with sulphur stood the test admirably well . Mr. E ...
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... effect ; and it was only the other day that a case was reported of a poor woman whose rent had been raised 6d . a week in consequence of the landlord's intention to do something to improve the lodging at a future day . Another ...
... effect ; and it was only the other day that a case was reported of a poor woman whose rent had been raised 6d . a week in consequence of the landlord's intention to do something to improve the lodging at a future day . Another ...
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... effect that the water supply of a new cottage is ample and of good quality , but if a cesspool , or deep midden , or leaky drain , has been constructed in the neighbourhood of the well , it only becomes a matter of time before the well ...
... effect that the water supply of a new cottage is ample and of good quality , but if a cesspool , or deep midden , or leaky drain , has been constructed in the neighbourhood of the well , it only becomes a matter of time before the well ...
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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.