Rural Hygiene

Name: Rural Hygiene
Author: Ogden, Henry N. (Henry Neely)

Ogden, Henry N. (Henry Neely)

Rural health; Sanitation, Household

Consumption and bad ventilation, 74.

Contagion in children's diseases, 386.

Contagious diseases, 305.

Cooking and digestion, 268.

Cooling of milk, 242, 247.

Corn and pellagra, 391.

Corrosive sublimate, 324.

Cost, of driven wells, 121;
  of flush tank, 207;
  of fuel for pumping, 178;
  of operating gas engines, 178;
  of plumbing, 200; of ventilation, 87;
  of water pipe, 168.

Cows and ventilation, 71.

Cow stables, ventilation of, 62.

Creamery and typhoid fever epidemic, 147.

Creosols, 323.

Crib dam, 163.

"Culex" mosquito, 380.

Curb for well, 141.

Cure of hookworm disease, 390.

Cut-off wall for dam, 160, 161.


Damp cellars, 27.

Damp courses in house walls, 56.

Dampness, and disease, 26;
  of cellar walls, 52.

Damp soils, 27; and their effects, 40.

Dams for reservoirs, 158.

Danger, from drainage of barns and barnyards, 137;
  from leachings from privies and cesspools, 138.

Dangers, of polluted air, 73;
  of polluted water, 144.

Death-rate, from typhoid fever, 11;
  from typhoid fever in New York State, 15;
  of babies in Rochester, 237;
  records, accuracy of, 6.

Death-rates, at various ages, 10;
  in general, 2;
  in New York State, 4;
  in rural communities, 8;
  in various countries, 3;
  of children, 9;
  outside of New York City, 7.

Deaths from measles and scarlet fever, 365.

Decomposition in sewage, 209.

Deep well pump, 106.

Deep wells, 115.

Deficiency of water from well supply, 104.

Definition of sewage, 208.

Deodorizers, 317.

Detection of animal pollution, 137.

Diagnosis of diphtheria, 404.

Digestion and its requirements, 261.

Digestive processes, 259.

Dimensions of hydraulic rams, 173.

Diphtheria, 401;
  and milk, 239;
  antitoxin, 310, 402;
  in the country, 19.

Direct causes of disease, 302.

Dirt and disease, 296.

Dirt dam, 159.

Disadvantages, of hydraulic rams, 171;
  of windmills, 169.

Disease, the causes of, 295.

Diseases caused by milk, 238.

Disinfecting, agents, 315;
  a room, directions for, 319;
  gases, 318.

Disinfection, 314;
  by heat, 327;
  for chicken pox, 376;
  for consumption, 337;
  for measles, 373;
  for scarlet fever, 371;
  for whooping cough, 375.

Disposal of sewage and water-supply, 141.

Distilled water, 131.

Dogs and hydrophobia, 406.

"Don't Spit" axioms, 334.

Drafts from windows prevented, 79.

Drainage, 41;
  around the house, 44, 50.

Drain, for house on side hill, 42;
  from house plumbing, 200.

Drains leading to dug well, 104.

Driven well, in dug well, 105;
  machinery, 119.

Driven wells, 118.

Drugs and their immoderate use, 275.

Dry heat for disinfection, 328.

Dry masonry for cellar walls, 55.

Dug wells, 112.

Dust and its dangers, 301.


Earache, 288.

Effect of bad ventilation, 73;
  of hard water on health, 133;
  of vegetable pollution of water, 135.

Elimination, of dangers of surface pollution, 140;
  of mosquitoes, 381.

Enameled iron for plumbing fixtures, 196.

Epidemic diseases, 305.

Epidemics of typhoid fever, 354.

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Rural HygieneOgden, Henry N. (Henry Neely)

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Rural Hygiene

Ogden, Henry N. (Henry Neely)

Rural health; Sanitation, Household

Consumption and bad ventilation, 74.

Contagion in children's diseases, 386.

Contagious diseases, 305.

Cooking and digestion, 268.

Cooling of milk, 242, 247.

Corn and pellagra, 391.

Corrosive sublimate, 324.

Cost, of driven wells, 121;
  of flush tank, 207;
  of fuel for pumping, 178;
  of operating gas engines, 178;
  of plumbing, 200; of ventilation, 87;
  of water pipe, 168.

Cows and ventilation, 71.

Cow stables, ventilation of, 62.

Creamery and typhoid fever epidemic, 147.

Creosols, 323.

Crib dam, 163.

"Culex" mosquito, 380.

Curb for well, 141.

Cure of hookworm disease, 390.

Cut-off wall for dam, 160, 161.


Damp cellars, 27.

Damp courses in house walls, 56.

Dampness, and disease, 26;
  of cellar walls, 52.

Damp soils, 27; and their effects, 40.

Dams for reservoirs, 158.

Danger, from drainage of barns and barnyards, 137;
  from leachings from privies and cesspools, 138.

Dangers, of polluted air, 73;
  of polluted water, 144.

Death-rate, from typhoid fever, 11;
  from typhoid fever in New York State, 15;
  of babies in Rochester, 237;
  records, accuracy of, 6.

Death-rates, at various ages, 10;
  in general, 2;
  in New York State, 4;
  in rural communities, 8;
  in various countries, 3;
  of children, 9;
  outside of New York City, 7.

Deaths from measles and scarlet fever, 365.

Decomposition in sewage, 209.

Deep well pump, 106.

Deep wells, 115.

Deficiency of water from well supply, 104.

Definition of sewage, 208.

Deodorizers, 317.

Detection of animal pollution, 137.

Diagnosis of diphtheria, 404.

Digestion and its requirements, 261.

Digestive processes, 259.

Dimensions of hydraulic rams, 173.

Diphtheria, 401;
  and milk, 239;
  antitoxin, 310, 402;
  in the country, 19.

Direct causes of disease, 302.

Dirt and disease, 296.

Dirt dam, 159.

Disadvantages, of hydraulic rams, 171;
  of windmills, 169.

Disease, the causes of, 295.

Diseases caused by milk, 238.

Disinfecting, agents, 315;
  a room, directions for, 319;
  gases, 318.

Disinfection, 314;
  by heat, 327;
  for chicken pox, 376;
  for consumption, 337;
  for measles, 373;
  for scarlet fever, 371;
  for whooping cough, 375.

Disposal of sewage and water-supply, 141.

Distilled water, 131.

Dogs and hydrophobia, 406.

"Don't Spit" axioms, 334.

Drafts from windows prevented, 79.

Drainage, 41;
  around the house, 44, 50.

Drain, for house on side hill, 42;
  from house plumbing, 200.

Drains leading to dug well, 104.

Driven well, in dug well, 105;
  machinery, 119.

Driven wells, 118.

Drugs and their immoderate use, 275.

Dry heat for disinfection, 328.

Dry masonry for cellar walls, 55.

Dug wells, 112.

Dust and its dangers, 301.


Earache, 288.

Effect of bad ventilation, 73;
  of hard water on health, 133;
  of vegetable pollution of water, 135.

Elimination, of dangers of surface pollution, 140;
  of mosquitoes, 381.

Enameled iron for plumbing fixtures, 196.

Epidemic diseases, 305.

Epidemics of typhoid fever, 354.

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