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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... present only to be gathered from the perusal of many separate and distinct treatises . It is not intended solely and entirely for any particular class . Sani- tation is imperial - it concerns every living unit of the State , and is of ...
... present only to be gathered from the perusal of many separate and distinct treatises . It is not intended solely and entirely for any particular class . Sani- tation is imperial - it concerns every living unit of the State , and is of ...
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... present ill effects need be anticipated . I therefore determined to push these experiments as far as possible , increasing the quantity of carbolic acid until it produced a fatal result . The next opera- tion was on cow No. 11 , in ...
... present ill effects need be anticipated . I therefore determined to push these experiments as far as possible , increasing the quantity of carbolic acid until it produced a fatal result . The next opera- tion was on cow No. 11 , in ...
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... present , it will be precipitated as an oxalate of lead . This precipitate must be well washed , and then suspended in water , through which pass a stream of sulphuretted hydrogen , filter off the black sulphide of lead , evaporate to ...
... present , it will be precipitated as an oxalate of lead . This precipitate must be well washed , and then suspended in water , through which pass a stream of sulphuretted hydrogen , filter off the black sulphide of lead , evaporate to ...
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... present , a blood - red colour is produced , which is discharged by bichloride of mercury , thus distinguishing it from the similar colour afforded by meconic acid . Properties and Uses . - The gas has a pun- gent , suffocating odour ...
... present , a blood - red colour is produced , which is discharged by bichloride of mercury , thus distinguishing it from the similar colour afforded by meconic acid . Properties and Uses . - The gas has a pun- gent , suffocating odour ...
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... present in towns , it is the cause of the decay of the teeth , principally from the fact that , in works where this gas is ema- nated , the workmen lose their teeth . It is a most valuable agent as a parasiticide -especially the ...
... present in towns , it is the cause of the decay of the teeth , principally from the fact that , in works where this gas is ema- nated , the workmen lose their teeth . It is a most valuable agent as a parasiticide -especially the ...
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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...