Handbook of Rural Sanitary Science: Illustrating the Best Means of Securing Health and of Preventing DiseaseSmith, Elder, 1876 - 262 páginas |
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allowed ammonia amount arise arsenic atmosphere carbonic acid carried cause cesspools cholera closet common contains cost cottages deodorising discharge disposal of sewage drainage drains drinking duty dwellings earth-closets effect effluent water epidemic evil excrement existing fever foul gallons Government Board grains per gallon ground hard water impure injurious inspector irrigation land laws liquid refuse Local Government Board Lyon Playfair manufacturers manure means medical officers ment necessary nitrogen nuisance obtained officer of health opinion owner Parliament pass person pipes pollution of rivers population preventable disease privies Public Health Act pure air purified purposes quantity removal rendered reservoir river Kinder Rivers Pollution Commissioners rural districts rural sanitary authority rural sanitary district SANITARY SCIENCE sewerage sewers slops soil solid standard streams sufficient supply of water surface tank tion towns typhoid fever vegetable ventilation Vide village waste water-closet water-supply whilst wholesome
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Página 60 - Any liquid which shall exhibit by daylight a distinct colour when a stratum of it one inch deep is placed in a white porcelain or earthenware vessel. " (d) Any liquid which contains, in solution, in 100,000 parts by weight, more than 2 parts by weight of any metal except calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium.
Página 144 - Containing in suspension more than 3 parts by weight of dry mineral matter, or 1 part by weight of dry organic matter.
Página 6 - ... of danger to life arise : one, that volatile effluvia from the refuse pollute the surrounding air and everything which it contains; the other, that the liquid parts of the refuse pass by soakage or leakage into the surrounding soil, to mingle there of course in whatever water the soil yields, and in certain cases thus to occasion the deadliest pollution of wells and springs. To a really immense extent, to an extent indeed which persons...
Página 59 - ... in suspension more than three parts by weight of dry mineral matter, or one part by weight of dry organic matter in 100,000 parts by weight of the liquid.
Página x - ... they are deficient in drainage and sanitary arrangements ; they are imperfectly supplied with water; such conveniences as they have are often so situated as to become nuisances ; they are full enough of draughts to generate any amount of rheumatism ; and in many instances are lamentably dilapidated and out of repair.
Página x - The majority of the cottages that exist in rural parishes," said the Rev. J. Fraser, reporting on the Eastern counties, are deficient in almost every requisite that should constitute a home for a Christian family in a civilized community.
Página 60 - Any liquid which, after acidification with sulphuric acid, contains, in 100,000 parts by weight, more than one part by weight of free chlorine.
Página 60 - Any liquid which contains, in 100,000 parts by weight, more than one part by weight of sulphur, in the condition either of sulphuretted hydrogen or of a soluble sulphuret. (h) Any liquid possessing an acidity greater than that which is produced by adding two parts by weight of real muriatic acid to 1000 parts by weight of distilled water.
Página 6 - ... slovenliness which in very many cases amounts to utter bestiality of neglect, is the local habit ; where within, or just outside each house, or in spaces common to many houses, lies for an indefinite time, undergoing...
Página 158 - ... (4.) The earth system of excrement-removal does not supersede the necessity for an independent means of removing slops, rain-water, and soil- water. " (5.) The limits of application of the earth system in the future cannot be stated. In existing towns, favourably arranged for access to the closets, the system might be at once applied to populations of 10,000 persons.