Handbook of rural sanitary science illustrating the best means of securing health and of preventing disease / by C. F. Gardner, C. N. Cresswell, William Berry, Thomas Hennell. Edited by Lory Marsh.

Date:
1876
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Credit: Handbook of rural sanitary science illustrating the best means of securing health and of preventing disease / by C. F. Gardner, C. N. Cresswell, William Berry, Thomas Hennell. Edited by Lory Marsh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    ' essays, and I desire to take the present opportunity ot thanking them for the very valuable assistance they have rendered me in the matter, as well as for the great care and attention they gave to the subject. The essayists were directed to address them- selves:—To the powers possessed, but not exercised, by the Local Government Board, and to the effect of diversity of opinion existing amongst its advisers. Also as to any new powers they would suggest as de- sirable to invest the Board with. Further, as to the applicability of the standards of pollution of effluent waters recommended by the Fivers Pollution Com- missioners, and the subject of the non-pollution of rivers. In judging of the merits of the essays the follow- ing points were to be taken into consideration:— 1. —The practicability and facility of applying the treatment proposed by the authors for securing:— (а) Supply of pure water ; (б) The discharge of refuse; (c) The disposal of refuse. 2. —The nature and simplicity of Rural Sanitary Organisation whereby to secure :— (a) Purity of air within and around dwellings; (b) Cleanliness within and around dwellings ;