A Dictionary of Hygiène and Public Health: Comprising Sanitary Chemistry, Engineering, and Legislation, the Dietetic Value of Foods, and the Detection of Adulterations, on the Plan of the "Dictionnaire D'hygiène Publique" of Professor Ambroise TardieuC. Griffin, 1876 - 672 pages |
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... passed for the more effectual condensation of such gas in alkali - works ( 26 & 27 Vict . c . 124 ) . This Act , in the first instance , was continued to the 1st of July 1868 ; but by 31 & 32 Vict . c . 36 , s . 1 , it has been ...
... passed for the more effectual condensation of such gas in alkali - works ( 26 & 27 Vict . c . 124 ) . This Act , in the first instance , was continued to the 1st of July 1868 ; but by 31 & 32 Vict . c . 36 , s . 1 , it has been ...
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... passed . It is used in photography , and in the ana- lysis of air and other gases , where it is of great value , from the fact that an alkaline solution of pyrogallic acid absorbs oxygen rapidly , and will completely remove it from air ...
... passed . It is used in photography , and in the ana- lysis of air and other gases , where it is of great value , from the fact that an alkaline solution of pyrogallic acid absorbs oxygen rapidly , and will completely remove it from air ...
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... passing of the Public Health Acts , 1872 and a Local Act are valid , notwithstanding the 1875 ( P. H. 338 ) . Where a local sanitary Act is in force within the district of a local authority , pro- ceedings may be instituted at ...
... passing of the Public Health Acts , 1872 and a Local Act are valid , notwithstanding the 1875 ( P. H. 338 ) . Where a local sanitary Act is in force within the district of a local authority , pro- ceedings may be instituted at ...
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... passed during the present century to prevent adulteration . There yet remains an Act prohibiting the mixture of injurious ingredients with intoxi- cating liquors , and one or two statutes regu- lating trade frauds , as , for example ...
... passed during the present century to prevent adulteration . There yet remains an Act prohibiting the mixture of injurious ingredients with intoxi- cating liquors , and one or two statutes regu- lating trade frauds , as , for example ...
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... passing through the lungs . It will be readily understood , after these figures , the impor- tance of pure air , and how ... passed most of their time in the open air . If the air is vitiated to a large extent , it is quickly fatal , not ...
... passing through the lungs . It will be readily understood , after these figures , the impor- tance of pure air , and how ... passed most of their time in the open air . If the air is vitiated to a large extent , it is quickly fatal , not ...
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Page 23 - ... and the court at such general or quarter sessions are hereby required to hear and determine the matter of such appeal, and may award such costs to the party appealing or appealed against as they or he shall think proper.
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 402 - The notice may also be served by post by a registered letter addressed to the person on whom it is to be served at his last known place of residence or place of business ; and, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the...
Page 370 - ... diseased or unsound or unwholesome or unfit for the food of man...
Page 162 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 350 - Board may appoint some person to perform such duty, and shall by order direct that the expenses of performing the same, together with a reasonable remuneration to the person appointed for superintending such performance, and amounting to a sum specified in the order, together with the costs of the proceedings, shall be paid by the authority in default ; and any order made for the payment of such...
Page 404 - ... serve a notice on the person by whose act, default, or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues, or, if such person cannot be found, on the owner or occupier of the premises on which the nuisance arises...
Page 479 - Hereditaments rated thereunto; that is to say, of the Rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual Tenant's Rates and Taxes, and Tithe Commutation Rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such Rent...
Page 213 - The local authority may, by order, declare any such expenses to be payable by annual instalments within a period not exceeding thirty years, with interest at a rate not exceeding five pounds per...
Page 325 - ... to put in force the powers of the Lands Clauses Acts with respect to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement...