Hygiene and public healthP. Blakiston, 1889 - 471 pages |
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... Height of ground water and outbreaks of typhoid fever Malaria and marshy soils Choice of Site of Houses Concreted basements . Damp - proof course Walls and foundations CHAPTER VII . FOOD , BEVERAGES , AND CONDIMENTS . PAGE 286 287 288 ...
... Height of ground water and outbreaks of typhoid fever Malaria and marshy soils Choice of Site of Houses Concreted basements . Damp - proof course Walls and foundations CHAPTER VII . FOOD , BEVERAGES , AND CONDIMENTS . PAGE 286 287 288 ...
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... height of its prosperity , about 600 years after its foundation , the city was supplied with water by means of 9 aqueducts . The total supply per head was certainly not less than 300 gallons daily for a population of about 1,000,000 ...
... height of its prosperity , about 600 years after its foundation , the city was supplied with water by means of 9 aqueducts . The total supply per head was certainly not less than 300 gallons daily for a population of about 1,000,000 ...
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... height of their capacity . Purification goes on so long as the weather is cool , but with a rise in tem- perature , bacterial growth is stimulated , and decomposi- tion sets in , replacing the oxidising processes . This happened to the ...
... height of their capacity . Purification goes on so long as the weather is cool , but with a rise in tem- perature , bacterial growth is stimulated , and decomposi- tion sets in , replacing the oxidising processes . This happened to the ...
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... height of the underground water at different places , as deter- mined by the height of the water ( above sea level or ordnance datum ) in different wells , for the level of the underground water falls as it approaches its outlet ...
... height of the underground water at different places , as deter- mined by the height of the water ( above sea level or ordnance datum ) in different wells , for the level of the underground water falls as it approaches its outlet ...
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... height as it may be thought desir- able that the water should stand in the basin . The FIG . 18. Dececo Water - Closet . descending arm of the siphon ends in a discharging trough , similar to that of Mr. Rogers Field's flush - tank ...
... height as it may be thought desir- able that the water should stand in the basin . The FIG . 18. Dececo Water - Closet . descending arm of the siphon ends in a discharging trough , similar to that of Mr. Rogers Field's flush - tank ...
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