INDEX.

A
Acarus Scabiei, [276]
Achorion Schönleinii, [276]
Acne, [161]
Aerated Waters, [46]
Ague (see Malaria)
Air—Bacteria in, [109], [121]
Composition, Properties of, [100]
Contagia and, [109], [114]
Degree of Moisture of, [119], [128]
Gaseous and Other Impurities of, [111]
Examination of, [126]
Moisture of, [234]
In Soil, [221]
Suspended Impurities of, [105]
Temperature of, [119], [128]
of Mountains, [228]
Purification of, [129]
Air-space, amount required, [142]
Alcohol, [55]
Amines process, [191]
Ammonia—in Air, [101]
in Water, [86]
Amyloids, [7]
Amylaceous Foods, [19]
Anopheles (see Mosquito)
Anthrax, [274], [306]
Anti-cyclones, [233]
Antidiphtheritic Serum, [268], [299]
Anti-syphonage, [174]
Antill Trap, [180]
Apjohn’s Formula, [242]
Arnott’s Valve, [149]
Arrowroot, [19]
Arsenic—in Beer, [62]
in Wall Papers, [214]
in Clothing, [272]
Artesian Wells, [71]
Artificial Ventilation, [152]
Relative Value, [154]
Ascaris, [278]
Ash-pits, [199]
Aspect, [201]
Atavism, [246]
B
Bacteria, [273]
Bacterial Methods, Sewage Treatment, [192]
Ballard’s Researches, [303]
Barley, [18]
Barometers, [237]
Barometric Pressure, [231]
Baths, [262]
Beaufort’s Scale, [243]
Beef, [10]
Beer, [61]
Bell-trap, [180]
Benham’s Gas Burners, [157]
Berkefeld Filter, [98]
Beverages, [46]
Bilharzia Hæmatobia, [277]
Birds, Flesh of, [11]
Birth-rate, [339]
Black Death, [1]
Bonds, English, Flemish, [205]
Borax and Boric Acid, [44]
Boyle’s Mica Valve, [149]
Bowels, Attention to, [248]
Brandy, [63]
Bread, brown and white, [17], [41]
Bricks, [205]
Broad Irrigation, [192]
Burnett’s Solution, [327]
Butter, [14]
Buys Ballot’s Law, [232]
C
Caffeine, [48]
Calorigen Stove, [157]
Carbohydrates, [6]
Carbolic Acid as Disinfectant, [327]
Carbon Filters, [97]
Carbonic Acid—in Air, [102], [111]
estimation of, [126]
Carbonic Oxide, [112]
Calorie, [32]
Carpets, [218]
Cement, [213]
Cereal Foods, [15]
Cesspools, [183]
Cheese, [13]
Chicory, [50]
Chigoe, [277]
Chlorides in Water, [81]
Chlorine as Disinfectant, [324]
Cholera, [92], [225], [302]
Cisterns, [76]
Clarke’s Process, [94]
Soap Test, [79]
Climate, [227]
Closets, [168]
Clothing, [265]
Coal Gas, [115]
Cocoa, [51]
Cod Liver Oil, [14]
Coffee, [50]
Cols, [233]
Comparative Mortality Figures, [342]
Concrete, [207]
Condiments, [45]
Condy’s Fluid, [325]
Conservancy Methods, [194]
Constipation, [248]
Constitution, [245]
Consumption (see Tuberculosis)
Container, [169]
Cooking, [339]
Cooper’s Ventilators, [149]
Corrosive Sublimate as Disinfectant, [327]
Cotton, [270]
Cream, [15]
Cyclones, [232]
Cysticercus Cellulosæ, [23], [279]
D
D-Trap, [169]
Damp, Cause of, [211]
Damp-proof Course, [210]
Death-rate, [2]
Crude, [340]
Corrected, [342]
Zymotic, [297], [348]
Decomposed Meat, [24]
Demography, [335]
Density of Population, [343]
Destructors, [200]
Dew Point, [241]
Diarrhœa, Epidemic, [302]
Diet, [29]
Dietaries, [33]
Diffusion, [129]
Diphtheria, [225], [298]
Diseased Animals, Meat of, [23]
Disinfection, [324]
Distillation, [94]
Drainage, [166]
of Soil, [226]
Drains, [177]
Examination of, [180]
Drugs, [54]
Dust in Air, [105]
Dust-bins, [199]
Dyspepsia, [28], [248]
E
Earth-closets, [195]
Eggs, [11]
Ellison’s Bricks, [151]
Endemic Diseases, [289]
Enteric Fever, [91], [224], [300]
Epidemic Diarrhœa, [26], [225], [302]
Epidemic Diseases, [289]
Erysipelas, [110], [305]
Excreta, [165]
Exercise, [249]
Expectation of Life, [346]
F
Farcy (see Glanders)
Farr’s Formula, [347]
Fats, [6]
Favus, [276]
Fermented Drinks, [55]
Filaria, [278]
Filters, [97]
Filtration, [95]
Fire Grates, [159]
Fish, [11]
Dangers of, [26]
Flax, [270]
Fleas, [277]
Flesh Food, [9]
Floors, [217]
Flour, [16]
Flukes (see Trematoda)
Fomites, [299]
Food, [4]
Diseases due to, [23]
Heat value of, [32]
Preparation and Preservation of, [38], [43]
Relation of, to Mechanical Work, [36]
Variations from Climate, Age, &c., [29]
Vegetable and Animal, [31]
Forests and Climate, [229]
Formalin., [44]
and Formaldehyde as disinfectants, [326]
Fortin’s Barometer, [238]
Fruits, [21]
Fuel, [161]
Fungi, [20]
G
Gaertner’s Bacillus, [25]
Galton’s Stove, [155]
Gas Stoves, [157], [161]
Gelatin, [9]
Gin, [63]
Glanders, [304]
Glaisher’s Tables, [241]
Glucose, [21]
Gluten, [15]
Gout, [28], [59]
Goux System, [194]
Graveyards, Air of, [118]
Green Vegetables, [20], [42]
Ground-water, [222]
Gully-trap, [167], [180]
H
Habits, [247]
Haffkine’s Cholera Vaccine, [228]
Hardness of Water, [79], [90]
Heat, kinds of, [159]
Hendon Disease, [27]
Heredity, [245]
Hermite Process, [191]
Hopper-closets, [170]
Hot Water Supplies, [163]
Pipes, [162]
House Construction, [209]
Drainage, [165]
Materials of Construction of, [205]
Position of, [201]
Refuse, [198]
Slops, [165]
Humidity, absolute and relative [235]
Measurement of, [240]
Hydatids, [279]
Hydrocarbons, [6]
Hydrophobia, [305]
Hygrometers, [101], [240]
I
Idiosyncrasy, [246]
Illuminants, [115]
Immunity, [287]
Incubation Periods, [287]
Infantile Mortality, [342]
Infective Diseases, [284]
of Animals, [24]
Infectious Diseases, Hospitals for, [320]
Notification of, [338]
Influenza, [309]
Insects and Disease, [281]
Intermittent Downward Filtration, [192]
Iron in Water, [83]
Isobars, [231]
Isolation, [319]
Isothermal Lines, [230]
J
Jenner’s Discoveries, [293]
K
Koch’s Postulates, [285]
L
Latrines, [174]
Laveran, [282]
Lead in Water, [82], [90]
Workers in, [108]
Lice (see Pediculi)
Liebig’s Extract of Meat, [10]
Life Capital, [347]
Tables, [345]
Linen, [270]
Lysol as Disinfectant, [327]
M
Macaroni, [17]
Main Sewers, [183]
Maize, [18]
Malaria, [91], [224], [307]
Mallein, [304]
Malt, [18], [62]
Malted Bread, [17]
Margarine, [15]
McKinnell’s Ventilator, [149]
Metabolism, [6]
Measles, [297]
Meat, [9]
Diseased, [24]
Tinned, [25]
Parasites in, [23]
Meat Poisoning, [25]
Metchnikoff’s Theory, [289]
Meteorological Observations, [237]
Metallo-keramic Joint, [177]
Miasm, [285]
Microbes (see Bacteria)
Microscoporon Audouini, [275]
Milk, [12]
and Disease, [26], [296], [299], [301]
Boric Acid in, [44]
Souring of, [274]
and Tuberculosis, [311]
Mineral Waters, [47]
Mortar, [206]
Mosquito, [282], [308]
Moule’s Closet, [195]
Mountain Climate, [228]
Mutton, [10]
N
Natural Ventilation, [147]
Relative value, [154]
Nematoda, [278]
Nitrogen, [274]
Nitrates in Water, [81]
Nitrification, [192], [220]
Nitrogenous Foods, [5]
Notification of Consumption, [314]
Infectious Diseases, [318], [338]
Trade Diseases, [337]
O
Oatmeal, [17]
Obesity, [28]
Occupation and Mortality, [343]
Offensive Trades, [120]
Oidium albicans, [275]
Oils, [46]
Onion, [20]
Over-feeding, [28]
Oxygen in Air, [100]
Oxygen Absorbed, [86]
Oxyuris, [278]
Oysters and Disease, [291]
Ozone, [101]
P
Pan-closets, [169]
Pandemics, [289]
Parasites, [276]
in Meat, [23]
Pasteur-Chamberland Filter, [98]
Pasteurization of Milk, [13], [312]
Pediculi, [277]
Personal Hygiene, [245], [257], [260]
Pettenkofer’s Method, [126]
Phagocytosis, [287]
Phosphorus, in Food, [5]
Workers with, [108]
Phthisis, [225], [310]
Piles, [248]
Plaster, [212]
Plague, [281], [305]
Pneumatic System, Liernur, [183]
Poisson’s Formula, [349]
Population, Density of, [343]
Estimation of, [336]
Pork, [11]
Porter-Clarke Process, [95]
Portland Cement, [206]
Potato, [20]
Privy or Midden System, [196]
Proof Spirit, [64]
Proteids, [5]
Propulsion, Ventilation by, [153]
Puerperal Fever, [306]
Q
Quarantine, [320]
R
Rabies (see Hydrophobia)
Rainfall, [235]
Rain Gauge, [242]
Water, [67]
Pipes, [166]
Rats and Plague, [306]
Registration of Births and Deaths, [337]
Relapsing Fever, [28], [300]
Respiration, [102], [113]
Rest, [257]
Rheumatic Fever, [225], [306]
Rickets, [28]
Ringworm, [275]
Rivers, [72]
Roasting, [38]
Roofs, [208]
Rum, [63]
Rye, [18]
S
Saccharomycetes, [275]
Sago, [19]
Salts as Food, [7]
Saprophytes, [286]
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, [296]
Schools, Closure of, [322]
Scott Moncrieff Process, [192]
Scrofula, [316]
Scurvy, [2], [27]
Seasonal Incidence of Diseases, [289]
Sea Relation to Climate, [229]
Sebaceous Glands, [260]
Semolina, [17]
Septic-tank, [193]
Sewage—Disposal of, [190]
Dry and Wet Methods of Removal of, [197]
Sewers, [183], [184]
Air of, [117]
Problems as to flow in, [187]
Shell-fish and Disease, [291]
Sheringham’s Valve, [151]
Shone System, [186]
Sinks, [167]
Silk, [270]
Sleep, [258]
Slop-closets, [174]
Small-pox, [2], [292]
Smoke Nuisance, [160]
Test, [181]
Soap, [261]
Soil, [219]
Diseases in Relation to, [224]
Drainage of, [226]
Soil-pipe, [174]
Spices, [46]
Spirits, [63]
Springs, [68]
Starch, Detection of, [19]
Starvation, [27]
Statistical Fallacies, [349]
Steam as Disinfectant, [329]
Stoves, [157], [161]
Streets, Width of, [203]
Sugar, [21]
Sulphuretted Hydrogen, [112]
Sulphurous Acid (Disinfectant), [325]
Summer Diarrhœa, [225]
Sunshine Recorders, [243]
Sweat Glands, [260]
Sweating Sickness, [1]
Sylvester’s Method, [150]
Synoptic Map, [231]
Syphonic Closet, [172]
T
Tannin, [49]
Tape-worms, [279]
Tapioca, [19]
Tea, [30], [47]
Temperature of Rooms, [158]
Tetanus, [304]
Thermometers, Maximum and Minimum, [239]
Thermometers, Dry and Wet Bulb, [240]
Thrush, [275]
Tight Lacing, [267]
Tinea, [276]
Tobacco, [54]
Tobin’s Tubes, [152]
Toxins, [286]
Trades and Disease, [107], [118]
Offensive, [120]
Traps, [179]
Trematoda, [277]
Trichina Spiralis, [23]
Trichophyton, [275]
Trough-closets, [174]
Tuberculin Test, [311]
Tuberculosis, [309]
Prevention of, [314]
Tuberculous Meat, [24]
Typhoid Fever (see Enteric Fever)
Typhus Fever, [300]
V
V-shaped Depressions, [233]
Vaccination, [293]
Valve-closets, [170]
Variola (see Small-pox)
Veal, [10]
Vegetables, [20]
Ventilation, [132]
Methods of, [146]
Problems as to, [137]
By Propulsion, [153]
Ventilation by Introduction of Warmed Air, [155]
Of Mines, [156]
Of Drains, [178]
Vermicelli, [17]
Vernier, [238]
Vinegar, [46]
Vital Statistics, [335]
W
Wall-paper, [214]
Walls of House, [210]
Wanklyn’s Ammonia Process, [86]
Warming of Houses, [159]
Wash-out and Wash-down Closets, [172]
Waste-pipes, [166]
Water, [65]
As food, [8]
Analysis of, [84]
Classification of supplies of, [73]
Constant and Intermittent Services, [76]
Enteric Fever and, [72]
Hardness of, [79]
Impurities of, [78], [89], [90]
Sources of, [66]
Storage and Delivery of, [74]
in Soil, [222]
Purification of, [94]
Water-closets, [168]
Water-gas, Carburetted, [115]
Water-test of Drains, [182]
Weather Forecasting, [234]
Weissman on Heredity, [246]
Wells, [69]
Whiskey, [63]
Whooping Cough, [298]
Widal Reaction, [301]
Willich’s Formula, [347]
Windows, [216]
Winds, [131], [230], [243]
Wines, [62]
Wool, [269]
Wool-sorters’ Disease, [274]
Work, Amount done, [252]
Relation of Food to, [36]
Wort, [62]
Writers’ Palsy, [252]
Y
Yellow Fever, [305]
Z
Zygophyta, [275]