Essays on Rural Hygiene

acre agricultural ammonia amount ANDREW LANG animal antiseptics average Bay of Biscay Brémontier building burial buried bushels carbonic acid cause cent central districts cesspools cholera closet contained cottages crop Crown 8vo cubic cultivated danger dead death-rate disease doubt drains earth Edit epidemic Essays evaporation excrement excremental matters experience fact feet fever filter filth filtrate foul gallons garden ground gutter humus hygienic Illustrations increase infection inhabitants labour land Lausen living living earth London manure manurial value ment microbes mixed mould nature necessary nitrates nitrifying organic matter organic refuse overcrowding pipes plants poison pollution population practical privy probably pure putrefaction putrescible rates river River Anton rural sanitary authority sanitation sawdust sewage sewers slop-water slops soil stream supply surface Thames tion town typhoid typhoid fever urine vegetable ventilation vols waste water-closets water-supply