Practical Sanitation: a Handbook for Sanitary Inspectors and Others Interested in SanitationC. Griffin & Company, 1908 - 352 pages |
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... matters which , hitherto , they have closed their eyes to . The necessity for no longer allowing grave sanitary defects to exist in our houses and their sur- roundings is now generally acknowledged , and this has led to a demand that ...
... matters which , hitherto , they have closed their eyes to . The necessity for no longer allowing grave sanitary defects to exist in our houses and their sur- roundings is now generally acknowledged , and this has led to a demand that ...
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... matter is formed . What exists simply assumes a variety of shapes and conditions in accordance with the circum- stances under which it is placed - so growth and decay go on ; what are living cells of one animal to - day form the food of ...
... matter is formed . What exists simply assumes a variety of shapes and conditions in accordance with the circum- stances under which it is placed - so growth and decay go on ; what are living cells of one animal to - day form the food of ...
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... matter of depth , for what is known as a " surface " " or shallow well in one district may be deeper than a deep well in another , from the fact that , in the latter case , the impervious stratum may be shallow and near the surface ...
... matter of depth , for what is known as a " surface " " or shallow well in one district may be deeper than a deep well in another , from the fact that , in the latter case , the impervious stratum may be shallow and near the surface ...
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... matter above the water level . If such be the case , at one point or another , the brickwork , in place of presenting a clean , red surface , will be discoloured in a manner which , when once seen , will never be mistaken . Apart from ...
... matter above the water level . If such be the case , at one point or another , the brickwork , in place of presenting a clean , red surface , will be discoloured in a manner which , when once seen , will never be mistaken . Apart from ...
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... matter is dangerous from a health point of view . Presence of Organic Matter - What it means . — In the first place , then , even from an ordinary point WATER 23.
... matter is dangerous from a health point of view . Presence of Organic Matter - What it means . — In the first place , then , even from an ordinary point WATER 23.
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Page 292 - 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.
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