Sanitary work in the smaller towns and in villages. In three parts. Part I. Some of the more common forms of nuisance, and their remedies. Part II. Drainage. Part III. Water-supply. / by Charles Slagg.

  • Slagg, Charles.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Sanitary work in the smaller towns and in villages. In three parts. Part I. Some of the more common forms of nuisance, and their remedies. Part II. Drainage. Part III. Water-supply. / by Charles Slagg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    Section V.—DIRTY HOUSES. Drainage of House-slops—Paving the surface of the ground —Dirty roads a chief cause of dirty houses—Roads come properly within the category of sanitary works—Road materials—Prevention of mud and dust—Draught on muddy and on clean roads—Extract from a paper by Sir Joseph Whitworth on the economy of roads—Remarks thereon by Mr. P. H. Holland—Dilficulties caused by roads being tlirown open to the public before they are properly made. 39-45 Section VI.—DAMPNESS OF HOUSES. Eaves troughs to roofs—Back walls. .... 46-48 Section VII.—STORAGE OF RAIN-WATER. Approximate quantity procurable from the roofs of small houses—Storage tanks—Cost of a weU sunk in the ground—Filtration of water through sand and through charcoal—Storage and filtration of rain-water fi'om the roof of a large house 49-59 Section VIII.—CONTAMINATION OF WELL-WATER. Sources of contamination—Three kinds of common wells— Protection of the water of dipping-wells—Remarks upon water supply in a rural district—Sections of the Act relating to the subject. 60-66 PAET II. DEAINAGE. Section IX.—HOUSE-DRAINS AND SEWERS. . Definition of the terms sewer and driiin —Sewers may act as laud drains—Old watercourses—House-draius everywhere necessary—Properties of a sewage-flow— Velocity of a sewage-flow—Solid deposit—Surface, mean, and bottom velocities—Qualities of house-drain and