INDEX Acids, boric, as food preservative, Alcohol, as disinfectant, 157. Age, as factor in health and dis- Asiatic cholera, transmission of, Bell traps, 91. Closets, 120. Clothing, 114, 123. disinfection of, 153, 159, 160. Beer, percentage of alcohol in, 35. Cold, antiseptic action of, 154. Berries, for food, 33. Beverages, 33. Bichloride of mercury, as disin- Boiling water, disinfection by, 154. preservation of food by, 44. Combustion, of carbohydrates in the body, 16. of fats in the body, 15. of proteids in the body, 16. Cotton, dust of, 145. Brandy, percentage of alcohol in, Cream, 25. Carbolic acid, as disinfectant, 157, Destructors, of garbage, 97, 99. 161. soap, 159. Carbon dioxide, in air, 54. Carbon disulphide, fumes of, 143. Cats, 126. Ceilings, 121. Cereals, 27. Cesspools, 93. Chalk, dust of, 136. in water, 80. Chamberland-Pasteur filter, 87. Cheese, 26. poisoning, 26. Children, employment of, 148. Diet, as aid to health, 114. necessity of mixed, 18. Diphtheria, transmission of, 136. common to school children, 137. chemical, 155. Disinfection, 100, 152. of clothing, 160. of wood work, 162. dren, 148. Furnaces, 69. Furniture, 121. disinfection of, 161. Garbage, 95. disposal of, 96, 98. ordinances regarding, 96. Garget, 24. Employment of women and chil- Gas as illuminant, 71. Epidemics, 108. Excreta, disinfection of, 160. leaking of, 56. poisoning by, 56. Goitre, connection of water with, |