The Dwelling House
By the same Author.
Second Edition. With 6 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6 s. 6 d.
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THE DWELLING HOUSE
BY GEORGE VIVIAN POORE, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Physician to University College Hospital Fellow of the Sanitary Institute Member of the Permanent Committee of the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society of Public Health, &c. Author of 'Essays on Rural Hygiene'
Houses are built to Live in, and not to Looke on.... God Almightie
first planted a Garden. And, indeed, it is the purest of Humane Pleasures.
It is the Greatest Refreshment to the Spirits of Man; without which
Buildings and Pallaces are but Grosse Handy workes.—Bacon
George Vivian Poore
THE DWELLING HOUSE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Typical London House
Ventilation of Corridors
Aspect
Warming
Living-rooms
Hotel Bedrooms
Putrescible Fluids
Damp Houses
Larders
Dry Methods
Humification
Actual Practice
The 'Dry Catch'
The 'Pail' System
In-Door Earth Closet.
Dry Method of Treating Urine
Housing of Animals
Construction of Wells
Principles of Slop-Drainage
Filtration Gutters
Rain-Water.
Refuse.
The Strand
Building Regulations
'Model' (!) By-laws
The Cost of the Dwelling
Remedies for Overcrowding
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
Transcriber's Notes