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... allowed to remain at rest for an hour or so ; at the end of that time the acari will be found , some on the surface of the liquid , some adhering to the sides of the glass , and others at the bottom , mixed up with the copious and dark ...
... allowed to remain at rest for an hour or so ; at the end of that time the acari will be found , some on the surface of the liquid , some adhering to the sides of the glass , and others at the bottom , mixed up with the copious and dark ...
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... allowed to drink it , as when strong , as already said , it blisters the skin , and especially the mouth and tongue . Mr. Crookes gives the results of his ex- periences as follows : - It appeared evident that if harm were to follow the ...
... allowed to drink it , as when strong , as already said , it blisters the skin , and especially the mouth and tongue . Mr. Crookes gives the results of his ex- periences as follows : - It appeared evident that if harm were to follow the ...
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... allowed to stand exposed to the air , then shaken , becomes of a bottle - green colour . A weak solution of carbolic acid , to which a little chlorimated lime has been added , and then liquor ammonia , shows a bright blue colour ...
... allowed to stand exposed to the air , then shaken , becomes of a bottle - green colour . A weak solution of carbolic acid , to which a little chlorimated lime has been added , and then liquor ammonia , shows a bright blue colour ...
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... allowed to escape into the air , freezes , from the rapid evaporation , into a snow - white solid . Its most marked properties are its weight and power of extinguishing both flame and life . 100 cubic inches of it weigh , at 60 ° F. and ...
... allowed to escape into the air , freezes , from the rapid evaporation , into a snow - white solid . Its most marked properties are its weight and power of extinguishing both flame and life . 100 cubic inches of it weigh , at 60 ° F. and ...
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... allowed in the case of private im- provement rates under the Act . ( P. H. , 160. ) ( 10 & 11 Vict . c . 89 ) -The following pro- Act , Towns Police Clauses , 1847 visions of this Act are incorporated with the Public Health Act , 1875 ...
... allowed in the case of private im- provement rates under the Act . ( P. H. , 160. ) ( 10 & 11 Vict . c . 89 ) -The following pro- Act , Towns Police Clauses , 1847 visions of this Act are incorporated with the Public Health Act , 1875 ...
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Page 192 - drain" shall mean and include any drain of and used for the drainage of one building only, or premises within the same curtilage, and made merely for the purpose of communicating therefrom, with a cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage, or with a sewer into which the drainage of two or more buildings or premises occupied by different persons is conveyed : The word " sewer" shall mean and include sewers and drains of every description, except drains to which the word
Page 479 - ... rates and taxes, and tithe com mutation rentcharge (if any), and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the same in a state to command such rent...
Page 21 - Where the drug or food is a proprietary medicine, or is the subject of a patent in force, and is supplied in the state required by the specification of the patent ; (3.) Where the food or drug is compounded as in this Act mentioned ; (4.) Where the food or drug is unavoidably mixed with some extraneous matter in the process of collection or preparation.
Page 404 - Any pool, ditch, gutter, watercourse, privy, urinal, cesspool, drain, or ashpit so foul or in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health :
Page 404 - For the purposes of this act, 1. any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health; 2.
Page 370 - ... and whenever it appears to him that the intervention of such officer is necessary in consequence of the existence of any nuisance injurious to health, or of any overcrowding in a house, he shall forthwith inform the medical officer thereof.
Page 21 - No person shall mix, colour, stain, or powder, or order or permit any other person to mix, colour, stain, or powder any article of food with any ingredient or material so as to render the article injurious to health, with intent that the same may be sold in that state...
Page 329 - The court-leet, or view of frankpledge,(x) which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,(^) within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.
Page 537 - Sewer includes sewers and drains of every description except drains to which the word drain interpreted as aforesaid applies, and except drains in or under the control of any authority having the management of roads, and not being a local authority under this Act.
Page 370 - He shall enter from day to day, in a book to be provided by the sanitary authority, particulars of his inspections and of the action taken by him in the execution of his duties. He shall also keep a book or books, to be provided by the sanitary authority, so arranged as to form, as far as possible, a continuous record of the sanitary condition of each of the premises in respect of •which any action...