TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

Sanitary Institute of Great Britain.

VOLUME VI.

CONGRESS AT DUBLIN.

1884-5.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

List of Authors and Contributors

Officers of the Institute

Corresponding Members of Council

Basis of Constitution and Objects of the Institute

Annual Report for 1883-4 and Balance Sheet

Address by Alfred Carpenter, M.D., C.S.S.CAM.

Some of the present aspects of Practical Sanitation by H. C. Bartlett,

P.H.D., F.C.S.

Places at which the Congresses have been held

CONGRESS AT DUBLIN.

Introduction

Names of Presidents, Presidents of Sections, &c.

Address by Sir Robert Rawlinson, C.B., President of the Congress

SECTION I.

SANITARY SCIENCE AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.

Address by T. W. Grimshaw, M.D., President of the Section

Administration of the Public Health Act in Ireland with regard to the

Duties of Officers of Health, by D. Edgar Flinn, L.R.C.S.I., M.R.C.P.

Public Health of Kingstown, by J. Byrne Power, L.R.C.S.I.

Insanitary State of Small Irish Towns, by Surg.-Major J. W. Jones

The Sanitary Condition under which Cholera Prevails in Northern India,

by Surg.-Gen. A. C. C. De Renzy, C.B.

Objects and Work of Ladies' Sanitary Associations, by Elizabeth

Grimshaw

Homes of the Working Classes in Dublin, by E. Spencer, M.A., T.C.D. 154

The Recent Progress made in some Branches of Ambulance Work, by

V. B. Barrington-Kennett, M.A.

Address by C. P. Cotton, M.INST.C.E., President of the Section

Sewage Disposal, by Prof. Henry Robinson, M.INST.C.E..

Collection and Disposal of House Refuse, by W. Eassie, C.E.

Public Cleansing, by James Young, C.E.

Water Supply and Drainage of Small Towns in Ireland, by Dr. F.

MacCabe

Isolation v. Ventilation, by H. Percy Boulnois, M.INST.C.E.

The Necessity for Efficient Ventilation of Sewers, by J. Collins, F.C.S.

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Dublin Main Drainage Out-falls, by J. P. Griffiths, M.INST.C.E.

House Drainage, by G. B. Nicholls

Domestic Drainage in Dublin, by W. Kaye Parry

Practical Sanitary Lessons derived from 1,000 Sanitary Inspections of

Dwelling Houses in Ireland, by W. R. Maguire, F.R.MET.SOC.

Some Defects in House Sanitation in and around Dublin, by P. F. Comber

Electric Light from a Sanitary Point of View, by J. Angelo Fahie.

Temporary Hospitals, by Howard Pentland, B.A.

SECTION III.

CHEMISTRY, METEOROLOGY, AND GEOLOGY.

Address by Charles A. Cameron, F.R.C.S.I., C.S.S.CAM., President of the

Section

A New Process for Treating and Drying Blood so as to fit it for use

as Manure without creating a Nuisance, by W. G. Strype

Influence of Food on Health, by F. Vacher, F.R.C.S., F.C.S.

Water Supplies to Irish Towns, by Charles A. Cameron, F.R.C.S.I.,

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Supply of Pure Water to Villages in Ireland, by Prof. Hull, M.A., F.R.S. 376

Fall of Rain in Ireland, by G. J. Symons, F.R.S.

Geological Structure of the Neighbourhood of Dublin, by the Rev.

Education by Proverb in Sanitary Work, by Alfred Carpenter, M.D.LOND.,

List of Medals and Certificates awarded at Dublin Exhibition

Supplementary Report, Dublin Exhibition

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429

435

Conference on Domestic Sanitation at the International Health Exhibition 437

APPENDIX.

Regulations relating to the Examinations for Local Surveyors and

Inspectors of Nuisances

Classified List of Medals and Certificates awarded at the Exhibitions

Alphabetical List of Medals and Certificates awarded at the Exhibitions.

Addresses and Papers read before the Institute in 1884

List of Fellows, Members, Associates, and Subscribers elected in 1884

Index .