Hygiene and public health / L.C. Parkes, Henry R. Kenwood.

  • Parkes, Louis Coltman, 1857-1942
Date:
1911
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Credit: Hygiene and public health / L.C. Parkes, Henry R. Kenwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Boots, 308 Bothriocephalus Jatus, 379 Boyle's valve, 223 Brain fatigue, 534 Branch drains, 104 ] Brandy, 378 Brass founder's ague, 192 Bread, 368 Brewery waste in sewage, 153 Brick burning, 192 Bricks, capacity for holding mois- ture, 265 Budde process, 356 Burial, 591 —grounds, 591, 658 Burners, gas, 253 Butter, 366, 680 By-laws, 630 Caisson disease, 276 Calf-lymph, 420 Calories, 319 Canal boats, 671 Cancer, 469 Candles, 257 Candy's sprinkler, 154 Canned foods, 385 Carbo-hydrates, 312 Carbolic acid, 575 Carbon block filters, 56 —-in diets, 317 Carbonic acid, in outer air, 166 ; in expired air, 168 ; in crowded rooms, 169 ; from combustion of gas, 177 ; in wells, 202 Carbonic oxide, 178, 243, 246 Carriers, 406, 438, 441, 443 Catchment basin, 7 Cattle, fever in, 495 —tuberculosis in, 499 Cellar dwellings, 642 Cemeteries, 591, 658 Cerebro-spinal fever, 467 Cesspools, 24, 75 ; emptied by pneumatic pressure, 76; fatal results from opening, 182 Chalk fissures, 162 —soils, 30, 264 ; borings, 30 Channel pipes, 104 Charcoal, wood, in sewer venti- lators, 131 Cheese, 367, 681 Chicken-pox, 432 Chicory, 375 Childhood, clothing in, 305 Children Act, the, 659 Chimneys, use of, in ventilation, 218 Chinosol, 578 Chittenden's experiments, 319 Chloride of lime, 577 Chloride of zinc, 578 Chlorine as a disinfectant, 577 Cholera, 474 ; from polluted water, 17, 61 ; in relation to under- ground water, 263 Cholera orders, 659 Chromium poisoning, 201 Cisterns, 45 Clark's process, 50 Classification of causes of deaths, 621 Clay, London, 29 Cleansing of Persons Act, 658 Climate, 272 Clothing, 302 Clouds, 293 Coal, 176 ; combustion of, 177 —dust, 189 Coal gas, 177 ; combustion of, 177 ; escapes of, 179 ; illumination, 253; manufacture of, 176 ; puri- fication of, 177 —miners, 188 Cocoa, 376 Coffee, 374 Coke for filters, 151 Cold, effects of, on body, 272 Colza oil, 257 Common lodging-houses, 643 Communicable diseases, 394; mi- crobial origin of, 395 Confectionery, colouring matters of, 384 Conservancy systems, 74 Contacts, 406, 422 Contagia, the, 394 Contagious Diseases Acts, 473 Convection, heating by, 244 Cooking, 337 Cooper's ventilator, 221 Copper poisoning, 192 Correlation, 597 Cotton, 302 —factories, 675 Cowls for chimney tops, 218 Cow-pox, 421, 508 Cow's milk, 351 Creches, 325 Cremation, 590, 658 —of house refuse, 70 —of organic vapours, 196 Crops of sewage farms, 163 Cubic space in inhabited rooms, 215; in hospitals, 516; estima- tion of, 235 Curd of human and cow's milk, 349 Custom and Inland Revenue Act, 670 Cyclonic systems, 281 Cysticerci, 327