Hand-book of Sanitary Information for Householders / Containing facts and suggestions about ventilation, drainage, care of contageous diseases, disinfection, food, and water. With appendices on disinfectants and plumbers' materials.

by Roger Sherman Tracy

• Acid, carbolic, [72], [91].
• carbonic, [7]-9, [13], [15].
• carbonic, test for, [9].
• hydrochloric, [93].
• nitric, [88].
• nitrous, [95].
• sulphuric, [89], [93], [95].
• sulphurous, [70], [96].
• Adulterations of food, [73].
• Air, contaminated by combustion, [9].
• contaminated by excreta, [12], [21].
• contaminated by respiration, [8], [11].
• contaminated by the sick, [11].
• dangers of impure, [11]-14.
• Air-bound pipes, [57].
• Air in ground, [15].
• Alum, [75].
• Aluminum, chloride of, [93].
• Annotto, [77], [78].
• Areas, drainage of, [34].
• Arrowroot, [74].
• Asphalt in walls, [34], [66].
• Bacilli, [11], [14].
• Bacteria, [11].
• Bad odors, sources of, [52].
• Bakers’ chemicals, [74].
• Baking-powders, [75].
• Ball-cock, [48].
• Bands, [60], [100].
• Basins, [32], [102].
• Bath-tubs, [30].
• Bedclothing, disinfection of, [69].
• Beer, [75].
• Bends, [42], [100].
• Blow-offs, [33].
• Board of Health, plumbing rules of, [25].
• Boilers, sediment-pipe of, [32].
• Boiling, disinfection by, [94].
• Brandy, [76].
• Bread, [76].
• Brimstone, [67], [96].
• Bromo-chloralum, [97].
• Burnett’s Fluid, [97].
• Butter, [76].
• Caldwell, G. C., Ph. D., [78], [82].
• Calking of joints, [45].
• Calx-powder, [94].
• Candy, [77].
• Canned fruits and vegetables, [77].
• Canned meats, [78].
• Caramel, [76].
• Carbolate of lime, [97].
• Carbolic acid, [72], [91].
• powders, [92].
• Carbonic acid, [7]-9, [13], [15].
• Carbureted hydrogen, [12].
• Carmichael, [46].
• Carpené, [85].
• Cast-iron pipes, [44], [101].
• Cellars, [34], [66].
• Cemented joints, [52].
• Cement, tempered-up, [26], [39].
• Cereals, [78].
• Cesspools, [12], [34], [35].
• Chandler, C. F., Professor, [67], [82], [83].
• Charcoal, [94].
• Cheese, [78].
• Check-valves, [47].
• Chester, A. H., Ph. D., [79], [80].
• Chiccory, [79].
• Chicken-pox, [12].
• Chimneys as pipe-vents, [44].
• Chimneys, smoky, [20].
• Chloralum, [97].
• Chloride of aluminum, [93].
• of lime, [71], [93], [97].
• mercuric, [94].
• of sodium, [89].
• of zinc, [70], [96].
• Chlorine, method of obtaining, [92].
• properties of, [96].
• test for, [88].
• Chocolate, [78].
• Cholera, precautions vs., [72].
• propagation of, [14].
• Chromate of lead in candy, [77].
• Cisterns for water-closets, [32], [47].
• City houses, drainage of, [65].
• Closet, earth, [23].
• Closets, water, [39], [102].
• Clothing, disinfection of, [69].
• Cocoa, [78].
• Coffee, [78].
• extract of, [79].
• Coffins, air-tight, [70].
• Cognac, [76].
• Colby, A. L., Ph. B., [83].
• Combustion, [9].
• Condensers, [33].
• Condy’s fluid, [97].
• Confectionery, [77].
• Connections, pipe, [30], [52].
• Construction, faulty, [52].
• Consumption, precautions vs., [72].
• propagation of, [12], [72].
• Contagious diseases, propagation of, [11].
• Copperas, [70], [93].
• solution of, [67], [70].
• Copper, sulphate of, [77].
• Corpses, disinfection of, [69], [71].
• Corrosive sublimate, [94].
• Country houses, drainage of, [50], [65].
• Cream of tartar, [74].
• Cushioning, [42], [44], [56].
• how determined, [61].
• Damp soil, danger of, [15].
• Dampers, position of, [19].
• Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid, [98].
• Dead bodies, disinfection of, [69], [71].
• Dead oil, [92].
• Deodorizers, [67].
• Diphtheria, precautions vs., [72].
• propagation of, [12], [72].
• Discharges, disinfection of, [68].
• Diseases, contagious, [11].
• Disinfectant, Egyptian, [98].
• Excelsior, [98].
• Girondin, [98].
• Metropolitan, [99].
• Phenix, [99].
• Disinfectants, [91].
• how to use, [67].
• Disinfection, [66].
• National Board of Health rules for, [67].
• of bedclothing, [69].
• Disinfection of clothing, [69], [91].
• of corpses, [69], [71].
• of furniture, [69].
• of premises, [68], [92], [94].
• of privies, [71], [91].
• of water-closets, [71], [91].
• of woolen stuffs, etc., [69].
• Double windows, [20].
• Drain, fall of, [27].
• house, [35].
• house, trap in, [42].
• location of, [27].
• pipes, [59].
• size of, [27].
• Drainage, [21].
• diagram of, [49].
• essentials of, [24].
• examination of, [61].
• of city houses, [65].
• of country houses, [50], [65].
• of farm-houses, [65].
• of sea-side houses, [65].
• New York City Board of Health, [25].
• subsoil, [50].
• Drains, defective, [52], [59].
• Draughts, how produced, [17], [20].
• how to avoid, [20].
• when perceived, [17].
• Drinking-water, tanks for, [33], [86].
• tests of, [89].
• Durand-Claye, [13].
• Durham house-drainage system, [44].
• Dysentery, precautions vs., [72].
• propagation of, [14].
• Earth as a disinfectant, [23].
• closet, [23].
• Earthenware pipes, [26], [59], [100].
• Egyptian Disinfectant, [98].
• Engelhardt, F. E., Ph. D., [76], [79], [82], [84], [85].
• Erysipelas, propagation of, [14].
• Evaporation from traps, [60].
• Excelsior Disinfectant, [98].
• Excreta, contamination of air by, [14], [21].
• dangers from, [14], [21].
• removal of, [24].
• Exhaust-steam in soil-pipes, [33], [50].
• Farm-houses, drainage of, [65].
• Faulty construction of drains, [52].
• Ferrules, [30], [45], [52].
• Fever, malarial, [14].
• puerperal, [14].
• scarlet, [11], [72].
• typhoid, [14], [72].
• typhus, [11], [73].
• yellow, [14], [72].
• Field’s flush-tank, [50].
• Filters, [87].
• Fireplace, Galton’s, [18], [19].
• Fireplaces, [18].
• Flanges, lead, [53].
• Flues for ventilation, [20].
• Flush-tank, [50].
• Fomites, [71], [73].
• Food, [73].
• Fresh-air inlet, [28], [43].
• Fruits, canned, [77].
• Fumigation, methods of, [68], [69].
• precautions during, [70].
• treatment of rooms after, [70].
• Funerals, [71].
• Furniture, disinfection of, [69].
• of sick-room, [68].
• Fusel-oil, [76], [84].
• Galton’s fireplace, [18], [19].
• Gas, sewer, composition of, [12].
• Gasket, [45].
• General debility, [11], [13].
• German measles, [12].
• Germicide, [98].
• Gin, [79].
• Girondin Disinfectant, [98].
• Glucose, [75], [79], [82].
• Grains, cereal, [78].
• Green vitriol, [70], [93].
• Ground air, danger of, [15].
• air, exclusion of, [66].
• water, high and low, [15].
• Gum-drops, [77].
• Gypsum, [74], [79], [94].
• Hand-holes, [59].
• Heat, disinfection by, [94].
• Honey, [79].
• Hops, [75].
• Horizontal pipes, [28].
• Horse-radish, [79].
• Hospital gangrene, [14].
• House-drain, [35].
• drain, trap in, [27], [42].
• drainage, Durham system of, [44].
• drainage, essentials of, [24].
• sewer, material of, [26].
• Hydrant-sinks, [35].
• Hydrochloric acid, [93].
• Impurity of air, measure of, [9].
• Inlet, fresh-air, [28], [43].
• Iodide of potassium, [89].
• Iron, sulphate of, [93].
• Iron pipes, weight of, [29].
• Isinglass, [79].
• Jellies, [79].
• Joints, calking of, [45], [52].
• cement, [52], [59].
• imperfect, [59].
• lead, [45], [52].
• putty, [52], [59].
• Joints, rust, [30], [45].
• wiped, [46].
• Labarraque’s Solution, [99].
• Labor, plumber’s, [102].
• Lactometer, method of using, [81].
• Lard, [80].
• Lattimore, S. A., Ph. D., [77]-79, [82]-84.
• Lead, chromate of, [77].
• dissolving of, in water, [86].
• flanges, [53].
• nitrate of, [95].
• Leaders, bad odors from, [53].
• as soil-pipes, [33], [49].
• trapping of, [33], [53].
• Lead pipes, weight of, [101].
• Letheby, [13].
• Lime, [94].
• chloride of, [93].
• sulphate of, [94].
• Louvered sky-light, [39].
• Love, E. G., Ph. D., [74]-76, [78].
• Malarial fevers, [14].
• Manganese, oxide of, [93].
• Marsh-gas, [13].
• Measles, precautions vs., [72].
• propagation of, [11].
• Meat, [80].
• Meats, canned, [78].
• preserved, poisoning by, [80].
• Mercuric chloride, [94].
• Mercury seal for traps, [39].
• Metropolitan Disinfectant, [99].
• Microscopic organisms, [11], [43].
• Milk, composition of, [81].
• Mines, air of, [7].
• Morin, estimate by, [19].
• Movable tanks for excreta, [22].
• Mumps, [12].
• Munsell, C. E., Ph. D., [81].
• National Board of Health, rules, etc., [67].
• Nichols, Professor, [8], [12], [87].
• Nitrate of lead, [95].
• of silver, [88].
• Nitrates, tests for, [89].
• Nitric acid, [88].
• Nitrites, test for, [89].
• Nitrogen, [7].
• in sewers, [12], [13].
• Nitrous acid, [95].
• New York City Board of Health, rules, etc., [25].
• New York State Board of Health, rules, etc., [74].
• Oakum, [45].
• Odors, offensive, [52].
• Offsets, [35], [100].
• Oil, dead, [92].
• fusel, [76], [84].
• of cognac, [76].
• of peppermint, [63].
• olive, [81].
• Oleomargarine, [76].
• One trap, etc., how determined, [58], [62].
• Organic matter of respired air, [9].
• matters, test for, [89].
• Organisms, microscopic, [11], [43].
• Overflow-pipes, [32], [33], [46], [54], [58].
• Oxidation, [15], [43].
• Oxide of manganese, [93].
• Oxygen, [7], [8], [13].
• Ozone, [95].
• Pails for excreta, [22].
• Paris, plaster-of-, [94].
• Peppermint test, [63].
• Permanganate of potash, [95].
• Pettenkofer’s test for carbonic acid, [9].
• Phenix Disinfectant, [99].
• Phenol Sodique, [99].
• Phosphorus, [95].
• Pickles, [82].
• Pipe connections, [30], [52].
• Pipes, air, [31].
• air-bound, [57].
• cast-iron, [27], [28], [44], [101].
• corrosion of, [50], [59].
• drain, [27], [59].
• earthenware, [26], [100].
• galvanized iron, [59], [86].
• hub-end of, [44].
• iron, weight of, [29].
• lead, weight of, [101].
• obstruction of, [61].
• overflow, [32], [33], [46], [54], [58].
• rat-holes in, [59].
• service, [86].
• spigot-end of, [44].
• tarring of, [44], [101].
• traps on vertical, [29], [44].
• ventilating, size of, [31].
• waste, [28].
• wrought-iron, [44].
• Pitt, W. H., M. D., [77], [79].
• Plants, action of air on, [15].
• Plaster-of-Paris, [94].
• Platt’s chlorides, [99].
• Plumber’s labor, [102].
• materials, [101], [102].
• Pork, [80].
• Potash, permanganate of, [95].
• Potassium, iodide of, [89].
• Powders, calx, [94].
• carbolic, [92].
• Premises, disinfection of, [68], [92], [94].
• Privies, disinfection of, [71].
• Privy-sinks, [42], [102].
• Privy-vaults, construction of, [22], [34], [35].
• contents of, [12].
• dangers of, [22].
• Pumpelly, [46].
• Purification of water, [87], [90].
• Putty-joints, [52], [54].
• Rat-holes in pipes, [59].
• Refrigerator wastes, [32].
• Respiration, organic matter of, [9].
• Return bend, [43].
• Rum, [82].
• Saddle-hubs, [60], [102].
• Safes, [32], [46].
• draining of, [32], [54].
• Safe-wastes, [32], [54].
• Saleratus, [74].
• Salt, [67], [70], [89].
• “Sanitary Engineer,” [51].
• Scarlet fever, precautions vs., [72].
• propagation of, [11].
• School-sinks, [34], [42], [102].
• Seal of trap, [36].
• Sea-side houses, drainage of, [65].
• Seine, mud of, [13].
• Service-pipes, [86].
• Sewer-air, effects attributed to, [13].
• Sewer-gas, composition of, [12].
• Sewer, house, material of, [26].
• Sewer-water, [13].
• Sewers, contents of, [12].
• private, [26].
• Sherringham valve, [17].
• Sick-room, care of, [67], [70].
• precautions on entering, [73].
• Sinks, [30].
• Siphonage, [58].
• how determined, [62].
• prevention of, [31], [58].
• Sirups, [82].
• Sky-light, louvered, [39].
• Sleeves, [30], [45].
• Slops, dangers from, [21].
• Small-pox, precautions vs., [71].
• propagation of, [11].
• Smoky chimneys, [20].
• Smith, Angus, [8].
• Soil, damp, danger of, [15].
• Soil-pipe, [35].
• material and size of, [28].
• Spices, [82].
• Stables, disinfection of, [94].
• Starch, [75], [89].
• Squibb’s carbolic acid, [92].
• Steam in soil-pipes, [33], [50].
• Steam-coils, heating by, [19].
• Subsoil drainage, [50].
• Sugar, [82].
• Sulphate of copper, [77].
• of iron, [89], [93].
• of lime, [94].
• of zinc, [67], [96].
• Sulphide of ammonium, [12].
• Sulphur, [67], [96].
• use of, in disinfection, [68].
• Sulphureted hydrogen, [12], [13].
• Sulphuric acid, [89], [95].
• Sulphurous acid, [70], [96].
• Syrups (see Sirups).
• Tanks for drinking-water, [33], [86].
• lining of, [33].
• movable, for excreta, [22].
• Tarring of pipes, [44], [101].
• Teas, [83].
• Terra alba, [74], [75], [77].
• Test, Carpené’s, for wine, [85].
• for carbonic acid, [9].
• for chlorine, [88].
• for nitrates, [89].
• for nitrites, [89].
• Test for organic matters in water, [89].
• peppermint, [63].
• water, [45].
• Thymol, [72], [92], [98].
• Tin in canned fruits, [77].
• in sirups, [82].
• Traps, [35], [102].
• cleaning of, [60].
• efficiency of, [46].
• empty, how to determine, [62].
• in house-drains, [27], [42].
• on vertical pipes, [29], [44].
• position of, [30].
• unsealing of, by cushioning, [56].
• unsealing of, by evaporation, [60].
• unsealing of, by siphoning, [58].
• various kinds of, [36], [102].
• ventilation of, [31].
• Trap-screws, [59].
• Trichinæ, [80].
• Typhoid fever caused by water, [88].
• precautions vs., [72].
• propagation of, [14].
• Typhus fever, precautions vs., [73].
• propagation of, [11].
• Urinals, [30], [102].
• Valve-closets, dangers of, [47].
• Valves, check, [47].
• Vegetables, canned, [77].
• Ventilating shaft, [25].
• Ventilation, [15].
• different methods of, [17]-19.
• flues for, [20].
• Ventilation of pipes, [31], [54], [58].
• Ventilators, whirling, [20].
• Vent-pipes, [54].
• Vertical pipes, traps on, [29], [44].
• Vinegar, [84].
• Waller, Elwyn, Ph. D., [83], [97].
• Walls, damp-proof courses in, [66].
• Wash-trays and tubs, [30].
• Waste-pipes, [35].
• material of, [28].
• trapping of, [30].
• Water, [86].
• drinking, tanks for, [33], [86].
• drinking, tests of, [89].
• impure, disorders due to, [88].
• in lead pipes, [86].
• iron pipes for, [86].
• of sewers, [13].
• pollution of, [87].
• precautions regarding, [90].
• purification of, [90].
• typhoid fever caused by, [88].
• Water-carriage, [24].
• Water-closets, [39], [102].
• cisterns for, [32], [47], [100].
• disinfection of, [71], [91].
• valve, dangers of, [47].
• Water-seal, [36], [46].
• Water test, the, [45].
• Weight of iron pipe, [29].
• of lead pipe, [101].
• Wernich, [46].
• Whirling ventilators, [20].
• Whisky, [76], [84].
• Whooping-cough, propagation of, [12].
• Windows, double, [20].
• Wine, how to tell good, [84].
• tests of, [85].
• Wiped joints, [46].
• Woolen stuffs, disinfection of, [69].
• Wrought-iron pipes, [44].
• Y-branches, [42].
• Yards, drainage of, [34].
• Yellow fever, [14], [72].
• Zinc, chloride of, [70], [96].
• sulphate of, [67], [96].

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