Lime process of sewage-purification, 256. Local Government Acts, 353. Lodging-houses, bye-laws concerning, 328, 351. Louvres, use of, in ventilation, 92. M M'DOUGALL'S disinfecting powder, 302. M'Kinnell's plan of ventilation, 94. Manurial value of sewage, 255. Marriages, injudicious and unsuitable, effects of, 12. Measles, prevention of, 289. Meat, diseases produced by unwholesome, 47. examination of, 38. Medical officers of health, duties of, 308. Meteorology, 313. Middens, different plans of, 229. Milk, examination of, 41. preserved, 37. propagation of disease by means of, 49. Mines, air of, 69. ventilation of, 104. Mortuaries, 306, 348. Moule's earth-closet, 234. Musgrave's slow combustion stove, 100. N NITROGENOUS constituents of food, functions of, 24. Nitrous acid as a disinfectant, 300. Noxious trades and manufactures, 345. Nuisances defined, 344. Removal Acts, 344. damp soil, 268. Pierce's pyro-pneumatic stove-grate, 100. Pipe-sewers, advantages of, 239. Potassium bichromate as a disinfectant, 302. Potatoes, examination of, 43. Potts' plan of ventilation, 93. Precipitation processes of sewage-purification, 256. Preventable disease, amount of, 20. Preventive measures, 279. Purification of sewage, 252. ,, water, 147. Q QUARANTINE, 365. R RAIN as a source of water-supply, 129. Rainfall, average amount of, 141. Rain-water, composition of, 129. Relapsing fever, prevention of, 285. production of, 46. Removal of sewage, 225. Reports, sanitary, how to write, 339. Re-vaccination, necessity of, 361. Rickett's ventilating globe-light, 105. Ritchie's plan of ventilation, 103. River-pollution, 252. River-water, quality of, 133. S SACCHARINE constituents of food, functions of, 26. Saline matters, functions of, in food, 26. Sausages, unwholesome, effects of, 48. Scarlet fever, prevention of, 286. Scavenging, 249. Scott's, General, process of sewage-purification, 260. Scurvy, production of, 46. Sewage, composition of, 253. filtration, 261. irrigation, 264. value of, 255. Tank, intercepting, Chesshire's, 248. Taylor's dry closet, 237. Tea, examination of, 43. Temperature, examination of air as regards, 125. Tents, hospital, 221. Thermometers, use of wet and dry Bulb, 126. Trades, unwholesome, 69, 345. Trichina spiralis, disease produced by, 49. Trough-closets, 246. Tumbler-closets, 247. WASTE-PREVENTERS, 146. Warming, 95. Water, amount of, derivable from rainfall, 130. collection of, 140. contamination of, 153. distribution of, 143. effects of impure, 164. examination of, 153. functions of, in food, 26. purification of, 147. qualities of, according to source, 131. quantity of, required for health and other purposes, 134. sources of, 129. Water-closets, situation and construction of, 190. Water-meters, 146. Water-works, 139. Weare's process of sewage-purification, 261. Wells, 136. Whitthread's process of sewage-purification, 261. |