Small destructors for institutional and trade waste / by W. Francis Goodrich ; with twenty-eight illustrations.

  • Goodrich, W. Francis.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Small destructors for institutional and trade waste / by W. Francis Goodrich ; with twenty-eight illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Summary of Contents CHAPTER X Introductory Alternative methods of disposal, their unsatisfactory record— The early Destructors, their weak features—The evolution of the Institutional Refuse Destructor—The importance of high temperature working—Special features of design discussed—The necessity for artificial draught, the destructor chimney—The utilization of the waste gases —Economy in operation of the modern Destructor CHAPTER II Isolation Hospital Refuse Destructors The necessity for Small Destructors for Isolation Hospitals —The case of Chapman v. Gillingham Urban District Council—A warning to Local Authorities—Isolation Hospital Destructors described and illustrated—De- structors for Sanatoria for Consumption CHAPTER III Institutional Refuse Destructors described and ILLUSTRATED The Warner Crematory, and Combined Crematory and Dis- infector—The old and the new Destructors at the Nor- thern Hospital, Winchmore Hill, N.—Horsfall’s Hospital Refuse Destructor, its special features—Sargeant’s Incinerator described and illustrated—Meldrum’s Hos- pital Refuse Destructor, its unique features, and installa- tions at the Northern and Joyce Green Hospitals described and illustrated ........ CHAPTER IV Portable Destructors Their utility—Horsfall’s Portable Destructor described and illustrated—Meldrum’s Portable Destructor described and