INDEX. ABEL, Sir F., his plan of purifying water, 510-513 Accrington, notification of infectious diseases at, 236 Alcohol, high death rates due to, 125 Algæ, confervoid, great numbers of, in river water, 491 Alyn river, case of alleged abstraction of water from, 397, 398 Ambulance volunteers in Kent, Yorkshire, at Leicester, Leamington, &c., 329 America, ambulance system in, 347; provision for accidents on railroads in, Animals met with in fresh water, the chief, 488; proportion of near Thames Anthrax fever, 119, 120, 135; communicated by flies, 153 Antwerp waterworks, 509-511, 517 Aqueduct at Paris, 533 Architects, often deficient in sanitary knowledge, 35, 40, 44 "Ashford litter," the, 328, 329 BACTERIA, function of, 263; brought up by worms, 309 Bagshot beds, as source of water supply, 368, 406 Ballard v. Tomlinson, case cited, 373 Bath rooms, waste pipes of, improperly fixed, 59 Bath water, &c., proper disposal of, 40 Battle-fields, cremation on, 294, 295 Basements objectionable, 71, 72 Birmingham, notification of infectious disease at, 222; fire brigade at, 553 Blackburn, notification of infectious disease at, 237 Bolton, Sir F., extract from his report, 417 Bond, Dr., on the 'The Home of the Agricultural Labourer,' quoted, 58 "Bournes," what, 440 Boston (U.S.A.), compulsory notification of disease at, 253 Brighton, water supply of, 442 British Association, Underground Water Committee of, 381 Browne, Sir T., on cremation, 302 Brussels, compulsory notification of disease at, 254 Building new houses, importance of regulating, 31 Burial, a rational process of, 270; Mr. Seymour Haden's plan, 274; deep sea burial, 275, fire-burial, 275-311. (See also Interment, Dead.) Burial grounds not unhealthy, 309 Butter, as a source of infection, 172, 173 Bye-laws, Model, of the Local Government Board, 31 CALVES, throat disease of, 159, 182 Cameron, Dr., his speech in Parliament on cremation, 286 Carbon, proportion of in water, 498, 499, 500 Centralisation needed, 88, 89 Chadwick, Mr. E., (C.B.), his report on Interment in Towns, 268 Chalk, area of as source of Water Supply, 364-373, 439, 597; parts with 441 Charcoal as filtering and purifying agent, 595, 596 Chaumont de, Professor, opinion on cremation, 287 Chicken-pox conveyed by clothes, 148; by letters, 149; mistaken for small- Cholera traced to polluted water, 151 Cinerary urns, 291 Cisterns, importance of position of 29, 30; defects of, 416, 417; dangers of 456-458, 460, 514, 516 Cleansing of houses, how enforced, 10; powers as to in rural districts, 55 Clergy, the, their opinion on cremation, 299 Clothes as infecting medium, 148; to cattle, 198 Closets, defects of, 62-64 Commissioners of Sewers, their committee on cremation, 286, 299 "Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act," authorities administering, 165 Cooking, should be done by gas, 36 Cottage hospitals, value of, 317, 353 Coralline crag, as source of water supply, 368 Corpses, infection from, how conveyed, 266 Cremation not illegal, 283; not now considered impious, 276-7; decision of Cremation Society of England, the, 283, 285, 286; when founded, 287; Cremation Societies of France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Sweden, America, Crematorium at Woking, 283, 285, 286, 290: at Gotha, 291, 293; at Milan, space in cowsheds, 170 Cyclops, fecundity of, 489 DAIRIES, inspection of, 180 "Dairies, cowsheds and milk shops order," the, 164, 193 Dairy farms, requirements as to desirable, 170 "Damp course" indispensable, 43, 72 Dead, disposal of the, different methods of, 262; nature's methods, 262; Desmids in water, great numbers of, 491 Diarrhoea from Thames water, 517 Diatoms in water, great numbers of, 491 Dilke, Sir C., his opinion on notification of disease, 246 "Disconnecting the drains," 28, 47, 48, 75 Disinfection, importance of, 186; compulsory at Newcastle on-Tyne, 239 Domestic servants, diseases of, 128, 129 Drainage, "combined," evils of, 33; decision of Court of Chancery as to, 331 Drains, brick, ought to be re-constructed, 19; "disconnecting" drains, 28. Dress, a fever proof, 186 "Dumb wells," use of, 381-383, 392; care needed in construction of, 384; VOL. VIII.—H. C. 2 R Dundee, notification of infectious disease at, 224 Dust, removal of, best arrangements for, 20; importance and difficulty of, 32, EARTH closets, neglect to use properly, 65 Economy in sanitary work needed, 79, 80, 81, 82, 93 Edinburgh, notification of infectious disease in, 235-6 Education, (sanitary), need of, 76, 79, 80, 85, 94 Egeling, Dr., his communication as to law of notification of disease in Holland, Embalmment, how performed, 278; value of, for identification of remains in Enteric fever, cause of, 34; difficulty of tracing cause, 152; in Cornwall, 157; FARQUHARSON, Dr., M.P., his speech on cremation, 286 File makers, disease of, 126 Filter beds for village water supply, 413; forms of, 437, 8 Filtration at Wakefield and at Antwerp, 415; speed of filtration, 438; through FIRE EXTINCTION, WATER SUPPLY FOR : extent of losses by fire, 548; requisites Fires, danger of, 25, 39 Flannel screens, use of, 134 Flats, dangers of, 70; need not be unhealthy, 98 Flax dressers, disease of, 116 Floors, need of well laying, 72, 73 Frankland, Dr., his Sixth Report of Rivers Pollution Commission, 423 Funerals, objections to pomp of, 279; should be early in the morning, 279 GAILLET and Huet process for softening water, 484 Gas, value of, for cooking, 36 Germs of disease, question of their removal by infusoria, 491 Glacial drift, the, 366, 367 Glasgow, water supply of, 431-3; dyspepsia from, 446, 516 Greenock, notification of infectious disease at, 227 Grinders, disease of, 116 Guardians, Boards of, owners of bad cottage property, 57 HARD water, effects of, 426; geologic formations yielding, 426 Hardness of water, definition of, 468; temporary and permanent, 469; health Hastings, zymotic disease at, stamped out by employment of a woman teacher Hastings, Mr., his Bill for notification of infectious disease, 211; his silence Havre, notification of infectious disease at, 254 Head of water, how measured, 378 Hertfordshire, water systems of, 386; villages without water supply in, 387 Hospital accommodation, supplied where infectious disease is duly notified, 229 ; Hotels, sanitary examination of, 229; proposed sanatorium for hotel servants, Huddersfield, notification of infectious disease at, 208 Hydrogeology, importance of, 386, 389, 394; value of hydrogeological survey, 459 Hygiene, Royal Italian Society of, 294 "IMPURITY" (organic), a misleading term in connection with water supply, 506, 507 Incubation of infectious disease, 144 INDUSTRIAL DISEASES, 101-141 INFECTIOUS DISEASE, notice of, how enforced, 11; spread of, by milk, 154- 199; compulsory notification of, discussed, 200-259 Infusoria in the Medway, 491; their action on disease germs, 491 Insanitary House, the model, in the Exhibition, 27 Inspection (sanitary), importance of, 35; defects of the present, 77 Ironstone, marking sites of villages, 375 Irritants to the skin, 113-14; to the lungs, 115 Itch, the grocers', bakers', etc., 113 JAIL-FEVER, 187 KAY, Mr. Justice, decision as to cremation, 283 Kennet, pollution of the, 454 Kensington Vestry, agree to principle of notification of infectious disease, 246 Koch, Dr., his method of cultivating spores, 513 Kolapore, Rajah of, cremation of his remains, 292 LACE-MAKERS, diseases of, 117 Lake water, organic matter in, 499 Landlords, difficulties of, 11; bad, 49 |