Hand-book of Sanitary Information for Householders: Containing facts and suggestions about ventilation, drainage, care of contageous diseases, disinfection, food, and water. With appendices on disinfectants and plumbers' materials.Tracy, Roger Sherman
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Hand-book of Sanitary Information for Householders: Containing facts and suggestions about ventilation, drainage, care of contageous diseases, disinfection, food, and water. With appendices on disinfectants and plumbers' materials.
Tracy, Roger Sherman
Disinfection and disinfectants; Drinking water; Food adulteration and inspection; Hygiene; Sanitation, Household; Ventilation
Basins, 32, 102.
Bath-tubs, 30.
Bedclothing, disinfection of, 69.
Beer, 75.
Bends, 42, 100.
Blow-offs, 33.
Board of Health, plumbing rules of, 25.
Boilers, sediment-pipe of, 32.
Boiling, disinfection by, 94.
Brandy, 76.
Bread, 76.
Brimstone, 67, 96.
Bromo-chloralum, 97.
Burnett’s Fluid, 97.
Butter, 76.
Caldwell,, Ph. D., 78, 82.
Calking of joints, 45.
Calx-powder, 94.
Candy, 77.
Canned fruits and vegetables, 77.
Canned meats, 78.
Caramel, 76.
Carbolate of lime, 97.
Carbolic acid, 72, 91.
powders, 92.
Carbonic acid, 7-9, 13, 15.
Carbureted hydrogen, 12.
Carmichael, 46.
Carpené, 85.
Cast-iron pipes, 44, 101.
Cellars, 34, 66.
Cemented joints, 52.
Cement, tempered-up, 26, 39.
Cereals, 78.
Cesspools, 12, 34, 35.
Chandler,, Professor, 67, 82, 83.
Charcoal, 94.
Cheese, 78.
Check-valves, 47.
Chester,, Ph. D., 79, 80.
Chiccory, 79.
Chicken-pox, 12.
Chimneys as pipe-vents, 44.
Chimneys, smoky, 20.
Chloralum, 97.
Chloride of aluminum, 93.
of lime, 71, 93, 97.
mercuric, 94.
of sodium, 89.
of zinc, 70, 96.
Chlorine, method of obtaining, 92.
properties of, 96.
test for, 88.
Chocolate, 78.
Cholera, precautions _vs._, 72.
propagation of, 14.
Chromate of lead in candy, 77.
Cisterns for water-closets, 32, 47.
City houses, drainage of, 65.
Closet, earth, 23.
Closets, water, 39, 102.
Clothing, disinfection of, 69.
Cocoa, 78.
Coffee, 78.
extract of, 79.
Coffins, air-tight, 70.
Cognac, 76.
Colby,, Ph. B., 83.
Combustion, 9.
Condensers, 33.
Condy’s fluid, 97.
Confectionery, 77.
Connections, pipe, 30, 52.
Construction, faulty, 52.
Consumption, precautions _vs._, 72.
propagation of, 12, 72.
Contagious diseases, propagation of, 11.
Copperas, 70, 93.
solution of, 67, 70.
Copper, sulphate of, 77.
Corpses, disinfection of, 69, 71.
Corrosive sublimate, 94.
Country houses, drainage of, 50, 65.
Cream of tartar, 74.
Cushioning, 42, 44, 56.
how determined, 61.
Damp soil, danger of, 15.
Dampers, position of, 19.
Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid, 98.
Dead bodies, disinfection of, 69, 71.
Dead oil, 92.
Deodorizers, 67.
Diphtheria, precautions _vs._, 72.
propagation of, 12, 72.
Discharges, disinfection of, 68.
Diseases, contagious, 11.
Disinfectant, Egyptian, 98.
Excelsior, 98.
Girondin, 98.
Metropolitan, 99.
Phenix, 99.
Disinfectants, 91.
how to use, 67.
Disinfection, 66.
National Board of Health rules for, 67.
of bedclothing, 69.
Disinfection of clothing, 69, 91.
of corpses, 69, 71.
of furniture, 69.
of premises, 68, 92, 94.
of privies, 71, 91.
of water-closets, 71, 91.
of woolen stuffs, etc., 69.
Double windows, 20.
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