A Manual of Hygiene, Public and Private, and Compendium of Sanitary Laws, EtcHodges, Foster&Company, 1874 - 475 pages |
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Page 10
... liquids , gases , vapours , and dirt of all kinds ; to prevent overcrowding of dwel- lings ; to see that the houses of the labouring classes are in perfect tenantable order ; to prevent the keeping of the lower animals under such ...
... liquids , gases , vapours , and dirt of all kinds ; to prevent overcrowding of dwel- lings ; to see that the houses of the labouring classes are in perfect tenantable order ; to prevent the keeping of the lower animals under such ...
Page 46
... liquid or solid form , such as rain , snow , ice , or dew . Mountain tops cool the air , and hence much of the rain that falls descends on the uplands . Of the water derived from this atmospheric source , a small proportion evaporates ...
... liquid or solid form , such as rain , snow , ice , or dew . Mountain tops cool the air , and hence much of the rain that falls descends on the uplands . Of the water derived from this atmospheric source , a small proportion evaporates ...
Page 47
... liquid , not having been subjected to pro- longed contact with the purifying clay , is almost certain to contain organic impurities in excess . When making a well these points should be fully considered . If the well be only six or ...
... liquid , not having been subjected to pro- longed contact with the purifying clay , is almost certain to contain organic impurities in excess . When making a well these points should be fully considered . If the well be only six or ...
Page 55
... liquid form . The smallest amount of water daily required for personal ablu- tions , washing clothes and rooms , and for cooking is four gallons per head . To perform these operations thoroughly , however , re- quires about twenty ...
... liquid form . The smallest amount of water daily required for personal ablu- tions , washing clothes and rooms , and for cooking is four gallons per head . To perform these operations thoroughly , however , re- quires about twenty ...
Page 59
... liquid ; but unless poisonous metals are to be sought for , half a gallon is a sufficient quantity . It should be placed in clean - stoppered bottle or bottles , and exa- mined as soon as possible , by water heat to dryness ...
... liquid ; but unless poisonous metals are to be sought for , half a gallon is a sufficient quantity . It should be placed in clean - stoppered bottle or bottles , and exa- mined as soon as possible , by water heat to dryness ...
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Page 420 - 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 343 - Act regulating the powers and duties of justices of the peace for such district, or of the police of such district; and...
Page 420 - Retail, unless the Box, Bottle, Vessel, Wrapper, or Cover in which such Poison is contained be distinctly labelled with the name of the Article and the word Poison...
Page 365 - 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 155 - ... matter upon the earth. For when this matter is dissolved or suspended in water, in that state of comminution and decay which immediately precedes its final decomposition into the elementary gases, and its consequent return from the organic to the inorganic world, these wakeful members of nature's invisible police are everywhere ready to arrest the fugitive organized particles, and turn them back into the ascending stream of animal life.
Page 414 - ... within three days next after such conviction, with two sufficient sureties, conditioned to try such appeal, and to be forthcoming to abide the judgment and determination of the court...
Page 307 - Council of a county out of the county fund, and in the case of the Council of a borough out of the borough fund or rate...
Page 331 - ... truly to disclose the amount of his rent and the name and address of the person to whom such rent is payable, but the burden of proof that the sum demanded from any such occupier is greater than the rent due by him at the time of such notice, or which has since accrued, shall lie upon...
Page 345 - ... this act, shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding twenty shillings...
Page 323 - 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.