Manual for medical officers of health / by Edward Smith.

Date:
1873
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual for medical officers of health / by Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page List of Tables .. ix Public Acts quoted xi Introductory i Towns' Improvement Clauses Act, 1847 2 Minute of the General Board of Health, 1853 3 Order of the Local Government Board, 1872 9 CHAPTER 1. Causes and Distribution of Disease. Clause I, Order of Local Government Board, 1872 18 Section I.—As to the Construction of Houses in reference to the Production of Disease .. , ig Unwholesome Houses ig Wholesome Houses 24 Metropohtan Buildings Act, 1855 27 Towns'Improvement Clauses Act, 1847 .. .. 34 Metropolitan Buildings Act, 1855 (as to height of rooms) 26 Towns' Improvement Clauses Act, 1847 (as to cellars in courts) 27 MetropoHs' Local Management Act, 1855 (as to cellars) 38 Section II.—Ventilation 40 Towns' Improvement 'Clauses Act, 1847 40 Section III.—Drains andDrainage; Petties, and other Accumu- lations of Filth Towns' Improvement Clauses Act, 1847 Metropolis' Local Management Act, 1855 56 Common Lodging-houses Act, 1851 ^7 Section IV.—Personal Habits of the People 57 The Contagious Diseases Act, 1866 The Contagious Diseases Act, 1869 gg Section V.—Poverty • • • • Section VI.—Climate and Topographical Influences .. .' .* 72 Section VII.—Enquiries and Systematic Inspection .. .. ' 79 Clauses 2 and 3, Order of Local Government Board, 1872 79