Six lectures upon school hygiene : delivered under the auspices of the Massachusetts Emergency and Hygiene Association to teachers in the public schools.
- Massachusetts emergency and hygiene association.
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Six lectures upon school hygiene : delivered under the auspices of the Massachusetts Emergency and Hygiene Association to teachers in the public schools. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![[The numbers refer to pages.] DRAINAGE. Air, pollution of, 127. Air-inlets, 140. Air-vents, 150. Assumption of cleanliness, 155. Bell-traps, 149. Catch-basins, 130. Cellars, 140. Cesspools, 136. Drainage; importance of the sub- ject, 154. Drains, definition of, 115. Filth diseases, 120. Filth, how introduced into the sys- tem, 113. Germs of disease, 116. Germ-theory of disease, 117. Grease-traps, 135. House-drains, 134. House-drains, best materials fcr, 134. Ice-box, 142. Joints of pipes, 144. Peppermint test, 144. Sanitary reforms; their effect on health, 119. Sewage, definition of, 115. Sewerage, definition of, 115. Sewers, 129. Sewers, definition of, 115. Sewers, ventilation of, 130. Sewer gas, 115. Soil-pipes, 143. Soil-pipes, ventilation of, 144. Soil-pipes, necessity for ventilation of, 145. Traps, 137. Traps, unreliable under certain condi- tions, 149. Trapping of fixtures, 147. Trapping of fixtures, best method of, 147. Trapping of house-drains, 137. Wash-bowls and bath-tubs, 153. Water-closets, 151. Water-closets, varieties of, 152. Water, Heisch's test for, 127. Water, pollution of, 123. Water supply for fixtures, 147. EPIDEMICS AND DISINFECTION. Boston Board of Health, 98-103, 108. Boston City Hospital, 101, 102, 107. Chicken-pox, 98. Cholera, 95-97. Contagious diseases, 93. Diphtheria, 96, 98, 102. Disinfection, 99, 109. Endemic diseases, 92. Epidemic diseases, 92, 94. Infectious diseases, 93, 99, 102, 105.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21070246_0205.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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