Report, Volume 81881/82-1882/83, 1936/38- include also the registration reports for 1881-1882, 1936/37- |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 46
Page 34
... feet from the barnyard , and on about the same level , while it was about the same distance , down grade , say one foot in ten , from the door where slops in abundance were thrown out daily , and just around the corner of the house from ...
... feet from the barnyard , and on about the same level , while it was about the same distance , down grade , say one foot in ten , from the door where slops in abundance were thrown out daily , and just around the corner of the house from ...
Page 44
... feet from it ; on the other side , at a distance of about twenty feet , was a large cesspool . Diphtheria . One well - marked case . - Am of the opinion that this case was caused by a lot of decomposing vegetable matter in the house ...
... feet from it ; on the other side , at a distance of about twenty feet , was a large cesspool . Diphtheria . One well - marked case . - Am of the opinion that this case was caused by a lot of decomposing vegetable matter in the house ...
Page 45
... feet of the well ; sandy soil ; but an analy- sis showed the water to be pure . It is my opinion that unsani- tary conditions are the chief cause of the disease . cases . Diphtheria . - Twelve cases , one fatal . Had no reason to ...
... feet of the well ; sandy soil ; but an analy- sis showed the water to be pure . It is my opinion that unsani- tary conditions are the chief cause of the disease . cases . Diphtheria . - Twelve cases , one fatal . Had no reason to ...
Page 47
... feet from the sink - spout . The spout , a lead pipe , did not protrude from the house more than an inch , and everything that would pass through the pipe was poured into the sink . Filth was everywhere about the house . The water was ...
... feet from the sink - spout . The spout , a lead pipe , did not protrude from the house more than an inch , and everything that would pass through the pipe was poured into the sink . Filth was everywhere about the house . The water was ...
Page 53
... feet of the well , with the land sloping toward the well , and , with- out doubt , pollution of the drinking - water was the primary cause of the disease . From my past experience believe filth to be the general cause of typhoid fever ...
... feet of the well , with the land sloping toward the well , and , with- out doubt , pollution of the drinking - water was the primary cause of the disease . From my past experience believe filth to be the general cause of typhoid fever ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
albuminoid albuminoid ammonia alkalinity almshouse ammonia ANALYSIS OF WATER animal apples arsenic bacillus baked beans beef believe that unsanitary Believe unsanitary conditions Board of Health body boiling broiled building butter cake carbohydrates cause cellar cent cheese chest chlorine chopped cold color consumption contains cooked corn cows cream cream of tartar digested Diphtheria disease dish dough dried drinking-water eggs fatal feet flavor flour food principles free ammonia fried fruit germ graham flour grains half heat ignition infectious infusoria inmates institution jail Loss on ignition M. D. Typhoid Fever meat Merrimack county mutton nitric nitric acid nitrous acid observed opinion past experience patient pint polluted pork pound sugar pounds bread present privy proteid pudding quart whole milk residue rice rooms sanitary sauce sink-drain soda soup sputum stew suet tablespoonful teaspoonful tion town tuberculosis tuberculous vegetable water supply
Popular passages
Page 105 - 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 140 - Precious time is wasted, and the patient may be fatally chilled by exposure of the naked body, even in summer. Give all your attention and effort to restore breathing by forcing air into, and out of, the lungs. If the breathing has just ceased, a smart slap on the face, or a vigorous twist of the hair will sometimes start it again, and may be tried incidentally, as may, also, pressing the finger upon the root of the tongue.
Page 105 - ... a strong coffin or casket encased in a hermetically sealed (soldered) zinc, copper, or tin case, and all enclosed in a strong outside wooden box of material not less than one inch thick. In all cases the outside box must be provided with four iron chest handles.
Page 142 - Do NOT GIVE UP TOO SOON. You are working for life. Any time within two hours you may be on the very threshold of success without there being any sign of it.
Page 141 - ... the root of the tongue. Before natural breathing is fully restored, do not let the patient lie on his back unless some person holds the tongue forward. The tongue, by falling back, may close the windpipe, and cause fatal choking.
Page 165 - It is during childhood, however, that the greatest successes of physical culture are to be noted, and it is not difficult to understand why this should be the case. All the conditions are at that time favorable for development. The bones and cartilages forming the framework of the chest contain a minimum amount of earthy material, and consequently are extremely pliable. The muscles are undergoing a formative process, and consequently are readily responsive to stimulus and capable of attaining a higher...
Page 349 - The following conclusions were presented: 1, and emphatically, that milk from cows affected with tuberculosis in any part of the body may contain the virus of the disease ; 2, 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 105 - RULE 2. The bodies of those who have died of Diphtheria, Anthrax, Scarlet Fever, Puerperal Fever, Typhoid Fever, Erysipelas, Measles, and other contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases must be wrapped in a sheet thoroughly saturated with a strong solution of bi-chloride of mercury, in the proportion of one ounce of bi-chloride of mercury to a gallon of water ; and encased in an air-tight zinc...
Page 196 - Whoever may read it can have confidence in the soundness of its teachings, and cannot fail to be instructed in the art of cooking by its plain precepts, founded as they are upon the correct application of the scientific principles of chemistry and physiology to the proper preparation of food for man.
Page 105 - 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...