Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts, Volume 40Wright & Potter., 1909 |
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acetanilide acid acre daily albuminoid albuminoid ammonia ammonia amount analyses Andover applied sewage applied to Filter Artichoke River average Benzoic acid Board has caused Board of Health Boston Brook cent chlorine clogging coke constructed contact filters containing Conviction cubic centimeters discharged district effective size Effluent of Filter examined factories feet in depth filter beds filtration gallons per acre inches Inspector of Health investigations land Lawrence Lawrence Experiment Station located Lynn manufacturing Merrimack River method milk mill minors months nitrates nitrification North Attleborough numbers of bacteria obtained operation organic matter outlet oxidation Oxygen Consumed period pipe pollution Pond present proposed pumping purification Rainfall removal reservoir River samples sand filters septic sewage Septic Tank sewage applied sewer sludge sources station stream Sudbury River surface suspended matter thence tion town trickling filters tuberculosis underdrains ventilation water supply watershed
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Page 14 - Loan, and shall be payable at the expiration of periods not exceeding thirty years from the date of issue, shall bear interest, payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding four per cent per annum, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and countersigned by the water commissioners hereinafter provided for.
Page 385 - It is possible to remove from one-half to two-thirds of the organic matter of sewage by precipitation with a proper amount of an iron or aluminum salt, and it seems probable that, in some cases at least, if the process is carried out with the same care as is required in the purification of sewage by intermittent filtration, a result may be obtained which will effectually prevent a public nuisance.
Page 1 - SECTION 1. The State Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to make rules and regulations for protecting from contamination any and all public supplies of potable waters and their sources within...
Page 81 - Department has caused the locality to be examined by its engineer and has considered the plan presented.
Page 29 - AN ACT to protect the purity of inland waters, and to require consultation with the State Board of Health regarding the establishment of systems of watersupply, drainage, and sewerage.
Page 690 - There were 27 deaths from measles during the year. The number of deaths of children under five years of age was 4,055, compared with 3,935 for the previous year, showing an increase of 120 deaths.