Reports of the President's Homes Commission: Message from the President...transmitting Reports...on Improvement of Existing Houses, and Elimination of Insanitary and Alley Houses, on Social Betterment, and on Building Regulations, Together with Resolutions and Recommendations Adopted by the CommissionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - 381 pages |
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... containing habit - forming drugs .. Remedial measures for the victims of the alcohol and drug habit 246 249 251 256 257 Advertised habit cures .. 259 The harmful effects of so - called " ethical proprietary medi- cines , acetanilid ...
... containing habit - forming drugs .. Remedial measures for the victims of the alcohol and drug habit 246 249 251 256 257 Advertised habit cures .. 259 The harmful effects of so - called " ethical proprietary medi- cines , acetanilid ...
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... contains a provision for appeal to the supreme court of the District from the orders of the board , and two such appeals were made during the last year ; but in one case it was shown that the time for appeal had expired , and the other ...
... contains a provision for appeal to the supreme court of the District from the orders of the board , and two such appeals were made during the last year ; but in one case it was shown that the time for appeal had expired , and the other ...
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... contain more houses , and partly to the fact that , because no more dwellings can be built in alleys , owners repair alley houses which they would destroy if they could substitute new ones for them . Up to this time the houses acted on ...
... contain more houses , and partly to the fact that , because no more dwellings can be built in alleys , owners repair alley houses which they would destroy if they could substitute new ones for them . Up to this time the houses acted on ...
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... contains 35 insanitary dwellings , which are very much over- crowded , and the inhabitants , being of a vicious character , give the police more or less trouble . Everyone familiar with these and other such labyrinths realizes the ...
... contains 35 insanitary dwellings , which are very much over- crowded , and the inhabitants , being of a vicious character , give the police more or less trouble . Everyone familiar with these and other such labyrinths realizes the ...
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... contains a minor street called Ridge street , which runs through the block in place of the usual alley . An investigation made two years since by the committee on improvement of housing conditions in this and the adjoining square , No ...
... contains a minor street called Ridge street , which runs through the block in place of the usual alley . An investigation made two years since by the committee on improvement of housing conditions in this and the adjoining square , No ...
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Page 338 - Any weekly payment may be reviewed at the request either of the employer or of the workman and on such review may be ended, diminished or increased, subject to the maximum above provided, and the amount of payment shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the Court or a Judge thereof.
Page 259 - ... Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the 'package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package or if...
Page 379 - This book is a preservation photocopy. It was produced on Hammermill Laser Print natural white, a 60 # book weight acid-free archival paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts CD 1995 The borrower must return this item on or before the last date stamped below.
Page 337 - Any sum which is agreed or is ordered by the committee or arbitrator to be invested may be invested in whole or in part in the Post Office Savings Bank by the registrar of the county court in his name as registrar.
Page 338 - Act, 1901, to be dangerous; I hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act, make the following regulations, and direct that they shall apply to all factories and workshops or parts thereof in which electric accumulators are manufactured. In these regulations "lead process" means pasting, casting, lead burning, or any work involving contact with dry compounds of lead.
Page 326 - ... opinion of the person holding the inquiry, is affected by the draft order, may appear at the inquiry either in person or by counsel, solicitor, or agent.
Page 362 - Provided that as regards any sailing vessel not exceeding 250 tons net registered tonnage and any steam vessel not exceeding 150 tons gross registered tonnage this Regulation shall not apply if and while the conditions are such that it is possible without undue risk to pass to and from the ship without the aid of any special appliances.
Page 203 - Hazen clearly indicate that where one death from typhoid fever has been avoided by the use of a better water, a certain number of deaths, probably two or three, from other causes, have been avoided.
Page 309 - Sundays and legal holidays, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon.
Page 159 - ... 353,790 cases of this disease. If we calculate the average cost for care, treatment, and loss of work to be $300 and the average value of a human life at $5,000, we have a total loss in the United States of $283,032,000 from one of the so-called preventable diseases.