The exhibition record, a descriptive account of the principal exhibits, compiled from special suppl. issued with the 'Sanitary record'. |
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... taken in their manufacture and the extreme dryness of the climate having tended to preserve them . For instance , there is at Memphis a pyramid still partially stand- ing built entirely of brick , and it is very probable that this was ...
... taken in their manufacture and the extreme dryness of the climate having tended to preserve them . For instance , there is at Memphis a pyramid still partially stand- ing built entirely of brick , and it is very probable that this was ...
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... taken from the same kiln , the bricks that are close to the fire always becoming partially vitrified and nearly black , and those which are under - burnt being usually of a mottled colour . the proper shape . They either force out ...
... taken from the same kiln , the bricks that are close to the fire always becoming partially vitrified and nearly black , and those which are under - burnt being usually of a mottled colour . the proper shape . They either force out ...
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... taken out because they are really actually worn out . The valve - closet , which we often find upstairs in old houses instead of the pan - closet , has no large iron container under the seat , but it has a water - tight valve under the ...
... taken out because they are really actually worn out . The valve - closet , which we often find upstairs in old houses instead of the pan - closet , has no large iron container under the seat , but it has a water - tight valve under the ...
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... taken into the house . Typhoid fever has a specific poison which has to be taken into a house before the fever can appear there . You may have a house or a town in the worst possible sanitary condition for any number of years and have ...
... taken into the house . Typhoid fever has a specific poison which has to be taken into a house before the fever can appear there . You may have a house or a town in the worst possible sanitary condition for any number of years and have ...
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... taken in the High Court of Justice to enforce the abatement and pro- hibition of any nuisance ( Sect . 107 ; N.R. , 1855 , Sect . 30 ) . If the Court is satisfied that the alleged nuisance exists , or that , although abated , it is ...
... taken in the High Court of Justice to enforce the abatement and pro- hibition of any nuisance ( Sect . 107 ; N.R. , 1855 , Sect . 30 ) . If the Court is satisfied that the alleged nuisance exists , or that , although abated , it is ...
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Page 106 - means any drain of and used for the drainage of one building only, or premises within the same curtilage, and made merely for the purpose of communicating therefrom with a cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage, or with a sewer into which the drainage of two or more buildings or premises occupied by different persons is conveyed : "Sewer" includes sewers and drains of every description, except drains to which the word
Page 12 - Any house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the inmates, whether or not members of the same family:
Page 268 - For the purposes of this act, 1. any premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious to health; 2.
Page 14 - means the person for the time being receiving the rack rent of the lands or premises in connection with which the word is used, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so re• ceive the same if such lands or premises were let at a rack rent (as in the case of unoccupied property).
Page 338 - For fixing and from time to time varying the number of persons who may occupy a house or part of a house which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family...
Page 13 - Any factory, workshop, or workplace (not already under the operation of any general Act for the regulation of factories or bakehouses), not kept in a cleanly state, or not ventilated in such a manner as to render harmless as far as practicable any gases vapours dust or other impurities generated in the course of the work...
Page 297 - A complete specification, whether left on application or subsequently, must particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the invention, and in what manner it is to be performed, and must be accompanied by drawings, if required.
Page 369 - This series is intended to meet the demand for accessible information on the ordinary conditions and the current terms of our political life. The...
Page 13 - Any fireplace or furnace which does not as far as practicable consume the smoke arising from the combustible used therein, and which is used for working engines by steam, or in any mill factory dyehouse brewery bakehouse or gaswork, or in any manufacturing or trade process whatsoever ; and Any chimney (not being the chimney of a private dwellinghouse) sending forth black smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance...
Page 303 - habitual drunkard ' is defined to be ' a person who, not being amenable to any jurisdiction in lunacy, is, notwithstanding, by reason of habitual intemperate drinking of intoxicating liquor, at times dangerous to himself or herself or to others, or incapable of managing himself or herself, and his or her affairs.