A Manual of Hygiene, Public and Private, and Compendium of Sanitary Laws: For the Information and Guidance of Public Health Authorities, Officers of Health, and Sanitarians Generally |
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... gallon , whilst the rivers flowing through it held in solution only three or four grains of solid matters per gallon . Sometimes , however , there is a remarkable similarity between the water of a river and that of adjacent wells . This ...
... gallon , whilst the rivers flowing through it held in solution only three or four grains of solid matters per gallon . Sometimes , however , there is a remarkable similarity between the water of a river and that of adjacent wells . This ...
Page 48
... Gallon , 70,000 Grains , of each contains : Solid Matters Including : - ... Albuminoid Nitrogen Ammonia ... Nitrous ... gallons of water per acre , or about 212 gallons on each square yard . In order , therefore , to estimate the supply ...
... Gallon , 70,000 Grains , of each contains : Solid Matters Including : - ... Albuminoid Nitrogen Ammonia ... Nitrous ... gallons of water per acre , or about 212 gallons on each square yard . In order , therefore , to estimate the supply ...
Page 49
... gallons , a reser- voir of 7 feet deep , and covering 4-10ths of an acre , would be required . This pond would contain 720,000 gallons - a quantity which , making allowance for evaporation and waste in other ways , would afford 120 days ...
... gallons , a reser- voir of 7 feet deep , and covering 4-10ths of an acre , would be required . This pond would contain 720,000 gallons - a quantity which , making allowance for evaporation and waste in other ways , would afford 120 days ...
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... gallon of water at each flush . 28. Every " down - pipe " hereafter fixed for the discharge of water into the pan or basin of any water - closet shall have an internal diameter of not less than one inch and a quarter , and if of lead ...
... gallon of water at each flush . 28. Every " down - pipe " hereafter fixed for the discharge of water into the pan or basin of any water - closet shall have an internal diameter of not less than one inch and a quarter , and if of lead ...
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... gallons per head . To perform these operations thoroughly , however , re- quires about twenty gallons , and with this quantity , complete , hip , or shower baths may be frequently taken . Twenty - five gallons of water per head per day ...
... gallons per head . To perform these operations thoroughly , however , re- quires about twenty gallons , and with this quantity , complete , hip , or shower baths may be frequently taken . Twenty - five gallons of water per head per day ...
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Page 460 - Act, the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold, and the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, to which entry the signature of the purchaser and of the person, if any, who introduced him shall be affixed...
Page 420 - 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 405 - All powers given by this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred on any local or harbour authority by Act of Parliament, law, or custom...
Page 390 - ... such justices, unless they think fit to excuse the party summoned upon the ground of poverty or other special circumstances, shall, by order in writing under their hands and seals, order...
Page 454 - England to the next general or quarter sessions of the peace which shall be held for the city, county, town, or place wherein such conviction shall have been made...
Page 351 - Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present ; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 460 - ... offence, and for the purposes of this section the person on whose behalf any sale is made by any apprentice or servant shall be deemed to be the seller...
Page 355 - Any factory, workshop, or workplace (not already under the operation of any general Act for the regulation of factories or bakehouses), not kept in a cleanly state, or not ventilated in such a manner as to render harmless as far as practicable any gases vapours dust or other impurities generated in the course of the work...
Page 357 - ... any person who is suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder, and is without proper lodging or accommodation, or lodged in a room occupied by more than one family, or is on board any ship or vessel...
Page 420 - England in manner directed by an Act passed in the Session holden in the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 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...