Examination in subjects relating to public health.

  • University of London
Date:
[1878]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Examination in subjects relating to public health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Candidates shall be examined in the following sub- jects :— I. Chemistry and Microscopy, as regards the examina- tion of Air, AVater, and Food. II. Meteorology, as regards general knowledge of Meteo- rological Conditions, and the Reading and Correction of Instruments. III. Geology, as regards general knowledge of Rocks, their conformation and chemical composition, and their rela- tion to underground Water, and to drainage and sources of Water-supply. IV. Physics and Sanitary Apparatus. The laws of Heat, Mechanics, P neumatics. Hydrostatics, and Hydraulics, in relation (for sanitary purposes) to the construction of Dwellings, and to the principles of AY arming, A^entilation, Drainage, and AA'ater-supply, and to forms of Apparatus for these and other sanitary uses. And the reading of Plans, Sections, Scales, &c., in regard of sanitary constructions and appliances. A\ A'ital Statistics, as'regards the methods employed for determining the Health of a Community ; Birth-rate ; Death- rate ; Disease-rate; Life-tables; Duration and Expectancy of Life. Present amount of Mortality at the various ages, and its causes, in different Classes and Communities. Practical sta- tistics of Armies, Navies, Civil Professions, Asylums, Hospitals, Dispensaries, Lying-in Establishments, Prisons, In-door and Out-door Paupers, Friendly Societies, Sick Clubs, Medical and Surgical Practice, Towns. VI. Hygiene, including the Causation and Prevention of Disease : in which branch of Examination reference shall be had to such matters as the following :— Parentage, as influencing the individual expectation of health. Temperaments; morbid diatheses; congenital diseases and malformations. Effects of close inter- breeding. Special liabilities of the health at particular Periods of Life. Physical regimen of different Ages. Earth and Climate, and Changes of Season, in their bear- ing on the Health of Populations. Dampness of Soil. Malaria.
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