INDEX.
Reading edition
A
Acarus Scabiei, 276
Achorion Schönleinii, 276
Acne, 161
Aerated Waters, 46
Ague (see Malaria)
Air—Bacteria in, 109, 121
Composition, Properties of, 100
Contagia and, 109, 114
Degree of Moisture of, 119, 128
Gaseous and Other Impurities of, 111
Examination of, 126
Moisture of, 234
In Soil, 221
Suspended Impurities of, 105
Temperature of, 119, 128
of Mountains, 228
Purification of, 129
Air-space, amount required, 142
Alcohol, 55
Amines process, 191
Ammonia—in Air, 101
in Water, 86
Amyloids, 7
Amylaceous Foods, 19
Anopheles (see Mosquito)
Anthrax, 274, 306
Anti-cyclones, 233
Antidiphtheritic Serum, 268, 299
Anti-syphonage, 174
Antill Trap, 180
Apjohn’s Formula, 242
Arnott’s Valve, 149
Arrowroot, 19
Arsenic—in Beer, 62
in Wall Papers, 214
in Clothing, 272
Artesian Wells, 71
Artificial Ventilation, 152
Relative Value, 154
Ascaris, 278
Ash-pits, 199
Aspect, 201
Atavism, 246
B
Bacteria, 273
Bacterial Methods, Sewage Treatment, 192
Ballard’s Researches, 303
Barley, 18
Barometers, 237
Barometric Pressure, 231
Baths, 262
Beaufort’s Scale, 243
Beef, 10
Beer, 61
Bell-trap, 180
Benham’s Gas Burners, 157
Berkefeld Filter, 98
Beverages, 46
Bilharzia Hæmatobia, 277
Birds, Flesh of, 11
Birth-rate, 339
Black Death, 1
Bonds, English, Flemish, 205
Borax and Boric Acid, 44
Boyle’s Mica Valve, 149
Bowels, Attention to, 248
Brandy, 63
Bread, brown and white, 17, 41
Bricks, 205
Broad Irrigation, 192
Burnett’s Solution, 327
Butter, 14
Buys Ballot’s Law, 232
C
Caffeine, 48
Calorigen Stove, 157
Carbohydrates, 6
Carbolic Acid as Disinfectant, 327
Carbon Filters, 97
Carbonic Acid—in Air, 102, 111
estimation of, 126
Carbonic Oxide, 112
Calorie, 32
Carpets, 218
Cement, 213
Cereal Foods, 15
Cesspools, 183
Cheese, 13
Chicory, 50
Chigoe, 277
Chlorides in Water, 81
Chlorine as Disinfectant, 324
Cholera, 92, 225, 302
Cisterns, 76
Clarke’s Process, 94
Soap Test, 79
Climate, 227
Closets, 168
Clothing, 265
Coal Gas, 115
Cocoa, 51
Cod Liver Oil, 14
Coffee, 50
Cols, 233
Comparative Mortality Figures, 342
Concrete, 207
Condiments, 45
Condy’s Fluid, 325
Conservancy Methods, 194
Constipation, 248
Constitution, 245
Consumption (see Tuberculosis)
Container, 169
Cooking, 339
Cooper’s Ventilators, 149
Corrosive Sublimate as Disinfectant, 327
Cotton, 270
Cream, 15
Cyclones, 232
Cysticercus Cellulosæ, 23, 279
D
D-Trap, 169
Damp, Cause of, 211
Damp-proof Course, 210
Death-rate, 2
Crude, 340
Corrected, 342
Zymotic, 297, 348
Decomposed Meat, 24
Demography, 335
Density of Population, 343
Destructors, 200
Dew Point, 241
Diarrhœa, Epidemic, 302
Diet, 29
Dietaries, 33
Diffusion, 129
Diphtheria, 225, 298
Diseased Animals, Meat of, 23
Disinfection, 324
Distillation, 94
Drainage, 166
of Soil, 226
Drains, 177
Examination of, 180
Drugs, 54
Dust in Air, 105
Dust-bins, 199
Dyspepsia, 28, 248
E
Earth-closets, 195
Eggs, 11
Ellison’s Bricks, 151
Endemic Diseases, 289
Enteric Fever, 91, 224, 300
Epidemic Diarrhœa, 26, 225, 302
Epidemic Diseases, 289
Erysipelas, 110, 305
Excreta, 165
Exercise, 249
Expectation of Life, 346
F
Farcy (see Glanders)
Farr’s Formula, 347
Fats, 6
Favus, 276
Fermented Drinks, 55
Filaria, 278
Filters, 97
Filtration, 95
Fire Grates, 159
Fish, 11
Dangers of, 26
Flax, 270
Fleas, 277
Flesh Food, 9
Floors, 217
Flour, 16
Flukes (see Trematoda)
Fomites, 299
Food, 4
Diseases due to, 23
Heat value of, 32
Preparation and Preservation of, 38, 43
Relation of, to Mechanical Work, 36
Variations from Climate, Age, &c., 29
Vegetable and Animal, 31
Forests and Climate, 229
Formalin., 44
and Formaldehyde as disinfectants, 326
Fortin’s Barometer, 238
Fruits, 21
Fuel, 161
Fungi, 20
G
Gaertner’s Bacillus, 25
Galton’s Stove, 155
Gas Stoves, 157, 161
Gelatin, 9
Gin, 63
Glanders, 304
Glaisher’s Tables, 241
Glucose, 21
Gluten, 15
Gout, 28, 59
Goux System, 194
Graveyards, Air of, 118
Green Vegetables, 20, 42
Ground-water, 222
Gully-trap, 167, 180
H
Habits, 247
Haffkine’s Cholera Vaccine, 228
Hardness of Water, 79, 90
Heat, kinds of, 159
Hendon Disease, 27
Heredity, 245
Hermite Process, 191
Hopper-closets, 170
Hot Water Supplies, 163
Pipes, 162
House Construction, 209
Drainage, 165
Materials of Construction of, 205
Position of, 201
Refuse, 198
Slops, 165
Humidity, absolute and relative 235
Measurement of, 240
Hydatids, 279
Hydrocarbons, 6
Hydrophobia, 305
Hygrometers, 101, 240
I
Idiosyncrasy, 246
Illuminants, 115
Immunity, 287
Incubation Periods, 287
Infantile Mortality, 342
Infective Diseases, 284
of Animals, 24
Infectious Diseases, Hospitals for, 320
Notification of, 338
Influenza, 309
Insects and Disease, 281
Intermittent Downward Filtration, 192
Iron in Water, 83
Isobars, 231
Isolation, 319
Isothermal Lines, 230
J
Jenner’s Discoveries, 293
K
Koch’s Postulates, 285
L
Latrines, 174
Laveran, 282
Lead in Water, 82, 90
Workers in, 108
Lice (see Pediculi)
Liebig’s Extract of Meat, 10
Life Capital, 347
Tables, 345
Linen, 270
Lysol as Disinfectant, 327
M
Macaroni, 17
Main Sewers, 183
Maize, 18
Malaria, 91, 224, 307
Mallein, 304
Malt, 18, 62
Malted Bread, 17
Margarine, 15
McKinnell’s Ventilator, 149
Metabolism, 6
Measles, 297
Meat, 9
Diseased, 24
Tinned, 25
Parasites in, 23
Meat Poisoning, 25
Metchnikoff’s Theory, 289
Meteorological Observations, 237
Metallo-keramic Joint, 177
Miasm, 285
Microbes (see Bacteria)
Microscoporon Audouini, 275
Milk, 12
and Disease, 26, 296, 299, 301
Boric Acid in, 44
Souring of, 274
and Tuberculosis, 311
Mineral Waters, 47
Mortar, 206
Mosquito, 282, 308
Moule’s Closet, 195
Mountain Climate, 228
Mutton, 10
N
Natural Ventilation, 147
Relative value, 154
Nematoda, 278
Nitrogen, 274
Nitrates in Water, 81
Nitrification, 192, 220
Nitrogenous Foods, 5
Notification of Consumption, 314
Infectious Diseases, 318, 338
Trade Diseases, 337
O
Oatmeal, 17
Obesity, 28
Occupation and Mortality, 343
Offensive Trades, 120
Oidium albicans, 275
Oils, 46
Onion, 20
Over-feeding, 28
Oxygen in Air, 100
Oxygen Absorbed, 86
Oxyuris, 278
Oysters and Disease, 291
Ozone, 101
P
Pan-closets, 169
Pandemics, 289
Parasites, 276
in Meat, 23
Pasteur-Chamberland Filter, 98
Pasteurization of Milk, 13, 312
Pediculi, 277
Personal Hygiene, 245, 257, 260
Pettenkofer’s Method, 126
Phagocytosis, 287
Phosphorus, in Food, 5
Workers with, 108
Phthisis, 225, 310
Piles, 248
Plaster, 212
Plague, 281, 305
Pneumatic System, Liernur, 183
Poisson’s Formula, 349
Population, Density of, 343
Estimation of, 336
Pork, 11
Porter-Clarke Process, 95
Portland Cement, 206
Potato, 20
Privy or Midden System, 196
Proof Spirit, 64
Proteids, 5
Propulsion, Ventilation by, 153
Puerperal Fever, 306
Q
Quarantine, 320
R
Rabies (see Hydrophobia)
Rainfall, 235
Rain Gauge, 242
Water, 67
Pipes, 166
Rats and Plague, 306
Registration of Births and Deaths, 337
Relapsing Fever, 28, 300
Respiration, 102, 113
Rest, 257
Rheumatic Fever, 225, 306
Rickets, 28
Ringworm, 275
Rivers, 72
Roasting, 38
Roofs, 208
Rum, 63
Rye, 18
S
Saccharomycetes, 275
Sago, 19
Salts as Food, 7
Saprophytes, 286
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, 296
Schools, Closure of, 322
Scott Moncrieff Process, 192
Scrofula, 316
Scurvy, 2, 27
Seasonal Incidence of Diseases, 289
Sea Relation to Climate, 229
Sebaceous Glands, 260
Semolina, 17
Septic-tank, 193
Sewage—Disposal of, 190
Dry and Wet Methods of Removal of, 197
Sewers, 183, 184
Air of, 117
Problems as to flow in, 187
Shell-fish and Disease, 291
Sheringham’s Valve, 151
Shone System, 186
Sinks, 167
Silk, 270
Sleep, 258
Slop-closets, 174
Small-pox, 2, 292
Smoke Nuisance, 160
Test, 181
Soap, 261
Soil, 219
Diseases in Relation to, 224
Drainage of, 226
Soil-pipe, 174
Spices, 46
Spirits, 63
Springs, 68
Starch, Detection of, 19
Starvation, 27
Statistical Fallacies, 349
Steam as Disinfectant, 329
Stoves, 157, 161
Streets, Width of, 203
Sugar, 21
Sulphuretted Hydrogen, 112
Sulphurous Acid (Disinfectant), 325
Summer Diarrhœa, 225
Sunshine Recorders, 243
Sweat Glands, 260
Sweating Sickness, 1
Sylvester’s Method, 150
Synoptic Map, 231
Syphonic Closet, 172
T
Tannin, 49
Tape-worms, 279
Tapioca, 19
Tea, 30, 47
Temperature of Rooms, 158
Tetanus, 304
Thermometers, Maximum and Minimum, 239
Thermometers, Dry and Wet Bulb, 240
Thrush, 275
Tight Lacing, 267
Tinea, 276
Tobacco, 54
Tobin’s Tubes, 152
Toxins, 286
Trades and Disease, 107, 118
Offensive, 120
Traps, 179
Trematoda, 277
Trichina Spiralis, 23
Trichophyton, 275
Trough-closets, 174
Tuberculin Test, 311
Tuberculosis, 309
Prevention of, 314
Tuberculous Meat, 24
Typhoid Fever (see Enteric Fever)
Typhus Fever, 300
V
V-shaped Depressions, 233
Vaccination, 293
Valve-closets, 170
Variola (see Small-pox)
Veal, 10
Vegetables, 20
Ventilation, 132
Methods of, 146
Problems as to, 137
By Propulsion, 153
Ventilation by Introduction of Warmed Air, 155
Of Mines, 156
Of Drains, 178
Vermicelli, 17
Vernier, 238
Vinegar, 46
Vital Statistics, 335
W
Wall-paper, 214
Walls of House, 210
Wanklyn’s Ammonia Process, 86
Warming of Houses, 159
Wash-out and Wash-down Closets, 172
Waste-pipes, 166
Water, 65
As food, 8
Analysis of, 84
Classification of supplies of, 73
Constant and Intermittent Services, 76
Enteric Fever and, 72
Hardness of, 79
Impurities of, 78, 89, 90
Sources of, 66
Storage and Delivery of, 74
in Soil, 222
Purification of, 94
Water-closets, 168
Water-gas, Carburetted, 115
Water-test of Drains, 182
Weather Forecasting, 234
Weissman on Heredity, 246
Wells, 69
Whiskey, 63
Whooping Cough, 298
Widal Reaction, 301
Willich’s Formula, 347
Windows, 216
Winds, 131, 230, 243
Wines, 62
Wool, 269
Wool-sorters’ Disease, 274
Work, Amount done, 252
Relation of Food to, 36
Wort, 62
Writers’ Palsy, 252
Y
Yellow Fever, 305
Z
Zygophyta, 275