Health in home and town / by Bertha Millard Brown.

  • Brown, Bertha Millard, 1870-
Date:
1912
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Credit: Health in home and town / by Bertha Millard Brown. 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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    cubical shape. This pavement is perfectly smooth, durable, noiseless, and without dust. Some of them, however, have proved very slippery when wet. Most of the large cities have experimented with this kind of pavement, and Chicago has 650 miles of it. Wood Block Pavement Brick Pavements. — Streets of brick paving are increasing in number. They are largely used in Phila- delphia, the cities of Ohio and Illinois, and in many smaller western cities and towns. Such streets offer a sufficiently smooth surface, are easily repaired and cleaned, and are not very noisy. Asphalt Pavements. — Asphalt forms a very smooth and popular paving. Philadelphia has over 350 miles of it, and Buffalo over 200 miles. It is noiseless, easily cleaned, durable, easily repaired, and produces neither mud nor dust. It makes an excellent street for either city or suburban districts. Broken Stone Streets. — The streets in the suburbs of a city are often made of broken stone. They are easy