Public health / by E.A. Parkes ; revised by William Aitken ; to which is added a short paper containing hints to the medical officers of the Arctic expedition under Captain Nares, as to experiments on diet and body-temperature in the polar regions.

  • Parkes, Edmund A. (Edmund Alexander), 1819-1876.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Public health / by E.A. Parkes ; revised by William Aitken ; to which is added a short paper containing hints to the medical officers of the Arctic expedition under Captain Nares, as to experiments on diet and body-temperature in the polar regions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE Supply either Interrupted or Constant . . .22 Constant Source at High Pressure the Best . 23 Sources of Contamination 23 4. Disposal of Dirty House Water or Slops and of Dry Refuse 24 5. Removal of Excreta 25 Three Plans in Use at Present 26 Essentials of Well-Constructed Sewers . . .27 Disposal of Sewer Water—Three Plans in Use 28 Air - Disconnexion between Sewers and Houses Necessary 29 6. Conservancy of Surface Area 31 Necessity of Surface Cleansing of Towns . .31 7. Supply of Food, including the Regulations of Slaughterhouses, Cowhouses, and Bake- houses 32 Chief Points Requiring Inspection .... 34 1. Meat—Questions as to Wholesomeness, or otherwise, when the Animal Dies by Disease 34 Parasites in the Flesh 35 Sausages 36 2. Inspection of Wheat, Flour, and Bread . 36 3. Inspection of other Articles of Food, such as Milk, Butter, Cheese, Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Oatmeal, Arrowroot, Spirits, Wine, Beer, and Vinegar . . 36 Aim of the Acts as to Examination of Food 37 8. The Regulation of Trades and Sale of Alcohol in its Various Forms 37 Conditions under which Trades are to be car- ried on 38