Annual report of the State Board of Health of the State of Rhode Island. 1889E. L. Freeman, 1890 |
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Page 59
... tanks . In view of the resolutions passed by the City Council and the expressed views of citizens , residents of this district , we believe the time is at hand when some action must be taken in building sewers and disposing of the ...
... tanks . In view of the resolutions passed by the City Council and the expressed views of citizens , residents of this district , we believe the time is at hand when some action must be taken in building sewers and disposing of the ...
Page 60
... TANKS . Ten automatic flush tanks ( Rogers Field new pattern ) have been built during the past year , making the total number forty - two ( 42 ) . Thirty - four ( 34 ) are in operation , the other eight have been put in lately and are ...
... TANKS . Ten automatic flush tanks ( Rogers Field new pattern ) have been built during the past year , making the total number forty - two ( 42 ) . Thirty - four ( 34 ) are in operation , the other eight have been put in lately and are ...
Page 62
... tanks where the overflow into the sewer or cesspool cannot readily be seen . It will be observed that the duty of the No. 1 engine is very much less than during previous years , owing to the fact that having reinforced our pumping ...
... tanks where the overflow into the sewer or cesspool cannot readily be seen . It will be observed that the duty of the No. 1 engine is very much less than during previous years , owing to the fact that having reinforced our pumping ...
Page 97
... tanks . A , inlet pipe from pond ; I L , points of entrance of water into tank ; B , outlet for filtered water ; W , and OL , outlet when tank is washed ; S S , screen collecting pipes ; PF , revolving perforated pipe for washing sand ...
... tanks . A , inlet pipe from pond ; I L , points of entrance of water into tank ; B , outlet for filtered water ; W , and OL , outlet when tank is washed ; S S , screen collecting pipes ; PF , revolving perforated pipe for washing sand ...
Page 98
FIG . 3 . FIG . 3. Horizontal section of bottom of tank , showing arrangement of screen collecting tanks beneath the sand . One foot from the bottom of each tank is arranged a series of collecting pipes ( Fig . 1 , S. S. and Fig . 3 ) ...
FIG . 3 . FIG . 3. Horizontal section of bottom of tank , showing arrangement of screen collecting tanks beneath the sand . One foot from the bottom of each tank is arranged a series of collecting pipes ( Fig . 1 , S. S. and Fig . 3 ) ...
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100 females 100 of American animals Apoplexy and Paralysis Average number Average severity believed source births Board of Health Bristol County Bronchitis Cancer CAUSES OF DEATH cent cesspool Cholera Infantum Consumption Croup decedents December Diarrhoea and Dysentery Diphtheria discharge diseases have prevailed disinfected disposal DIVISIONS divorce East Greenwich following Table following zymotic diseases foreign parentage gallons Gratuitous vaccination Health Officer inclusive infectious Kent County Malarial Males marriages Measles Mild months Newport City Newport County nuisances Number of Deaths Pawtucket Percentage persons married physicians pipe Pneumonia population proportion Providence City Providence County public health pumping returns of death Rheumatism Rhode Island sanitary Scarlatina scarlet fever sewage sewerage sewers shows the number Small prevalence South Kingstown Sporadic tank tion Town Clerk town council tuberculosis Typhoid Fever unusual fatality unusually large prevalence vaults Washington County Whole Number Whooping Cough Woonsocket zymotic disease epidemic zymotic diseases
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Page 153 - an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure...
Page 5 - Every dead body must be accompanied by a person in charge, who must be provided with a passage ticket and also present a full first-class ticket marked "Corpse...
Page 78 - Disinfection of Clothing. Boiling for half an hour will destroy the vitality of all known disease germs, and there is no better way of disinfecting clothing or bedding which can be washed than to put it through the ordinary operations of the laundry. No delay should occur, however, between the time of removing soiled clothing from the person or bed of the sick and its immersion in boiling water, or in one of the following solutions ; and no article should be permitted to leave the infected room until...
Page 79 - Soiled underclothing, bed linen, etc. : 1. Destruction by fire, if of little value. 2. Boiling for at least half an hour. 3. Immersion in a solution of mercuric chloride of the strength of 1 : 2000 for four hours.
Page 195 - ... do all in their power to ascertain the causes and the best means for the prevention of diseases of every kind in the state. They shall publish and circulate, from time to time, such information as they may deem to be important and useful for diffusion among the people of the state...
Page 80 - ... solution of carbolic acid, 2 per cent. For the person. — The hands and general surface of the body of attendants, of the sick, and of convalescents...
Page 77 - Lime of the best quality* in soft water, in the proportion of four ounces to the gallon. Use one pint of this solution for the disinfection of each discharge in cholera, typhoid fever, etc. Mix well and leave in vessel for a least ten minutes before throwing into privy-vault or water-closet.
Page 80 - Mercuric chloride, 1 : 1000 ; recommended only for the hands, or for washing away infectious material from a limited area, not as a bath for the entire surface of the body. For the Dead.
Page 5 - RULE 4. The bodies of persons dead of diseases that are not contagious, infectious, or communicable, may be received for transportation to local points in same state ; when encased in a sound coffin or metallic case, and enclosed in a strong wooden box.