Annual report of the State Department of Health of Maine. 1889-90Sprague & Son, 1890 |
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Page vii
... keeping well up in the procession . When we consider that only five years ago this Board was organized , and that then , as a rule , the knowledge of our people in regard to hygienic principles and practice was of the most primitive ...
... keeping well up in the procession . When we consider that only five years ago this Board was organized , and that then , as a rule , the knowledge of our people in regard to hygienic principles and practice was of the most primitive ...
Page 20
... keep from the floors strong downward cur- rents , especially in those rooms next the wind . While the system employed is by no means perfect or most desira- .ble it has secured a vast improvement over the condition of affairs existing ...
... keep from the floors strong downward cur- rents , especially in those rooms next the wind . While the system employed is by no means perfect or most desira- .ble it has secured a vast improvement over the condition of affairs existing ...
Page 23
... keep the windows constantly open . By dropping the inner ssh at the top and raising the outer at the bottom , this could be done without inconvenience in the mild weather that had prevailed . Turning to the ventilating apparatus proper ...
... keep the windows constantly open . By dropping the inner ssh at the top and raising the outer at the bottom , this could be done without inconvenience in the mild weather that had prevailed . Turning to the ventilating apparatus proper ...
Page 53
... keeping the sink drainage at a good distance from the well , carrying it in a tight iron pipe if necessary , and either removing the privy to a greater distance if possible , or using a perfectly tight superficial vault , the use of the ...
... keeping the sink drainage at a good distance from the well , carrying it in a tight iron pipe if necessary , and either removing the privy to a greater distance if possible , or using a perfectly tight superficial vault , the use of the ...
Page 63
... keeping them under observation longer . No. 452. From a well situated between two houses , one of which is only eight feet from it . The sink - drain and privy are twenty and twenty - five feet respectively from it . NOTES ON ANALYSES . 63.
... keeping them under observation longer . No. 452. From a well situated between two houses , one of which is only eight feet from it . The sink - drain and privy are twenty and twenty - five feet respectively from it . NOTES ON ANALYSES . 63.
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Page 221 - MD, Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore.
Page 3 - 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, securely fastened so it may be safely handled. But when it is proposed to transport them out of the State to an inter-state point (unless the.
Page 146 - Any person or persons offending against any of the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty of one hundred dollars.
Page 147 - ... and extending along the entire frontage thereof, and upwards from six inches below the level of the floor thereof up to the surface of the said street or ground, an open...
Page 148 - ... of the house, or part of the house, of which he is the owner or lessee, to the satisfaction of the board of health...
Page 42 - ... condition of the eyes at once to some legally qualified practitioner of medicine of the city, town or district in which the parents of the infant reside. SECT. 2. Any failure to comply with the provisions of this act shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both.
Page 154 - All cast iron pipes must be sound, free from holes and of a uniform thickness of not less than one-eighth of an inch for a diameter of two, three or four inches, or five thirty-seconds of an inch for a diameter of five or six inches ; and in case the building is over sixty-five feet in height above the curb, the use of what is known as "extra heavy" pipe and corresponding fittings isrequired, which weigh as follows : 2 inches, 5£ Ibs.
Page 3 - 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 179 - ... that the virus is present, whether there is disease of the udder or not; 3, that there is no ground for the assertion that there must be a lesion of the udder...
Page 148 - Every tenement or lodging house, and every part thereof, shall be kept clean and free from any accumulation •of dirt, filth, garbage, or other matter in or on the same, or in the yard, court, passage, area, or alley connected with or belonging to the same.