Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Volume 4E.K. Meyers, State Printers, 1889 - Pennsylvania |
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Page 18
... water supply is from hand pumps in wells . There are no water closets , or
sewers , simply old privy vaults . There is no adequate provision for unloading an
infected cargo . The disinfecting chamber is a small wooden building about ten
feet ...
... water supply is from hand pumps in wells . There are no water closets , or
sewers , simply old privy vaults . There is no adequate provision for unloading an
infected cargo . The disinfecting chamber is a small wooden building about ten
feet ...
Page 37
In order to effectively abate and remove the nuisance referred to , it is hereby
ordered that all deposits of excreta from men engaged on said line within five
hundred feet of the banks of Mill creek , Laurel run , Solomon '. contracto . . ing ...
In order to effectively abate and remove the nuisance referred to , it is hereby
ordered that all deposits of excreta from men engaged on said line within five
hundred feet of the banks of Mill creek , Laurel run , Solomon '. contracto . . ing ...
Page 38
... be removed and buried , and the ground disinfected ; that suitable privy
arrangements be provided at each station , with pits at least five feet deep and
situated at least five hundred feet from the banks of any of the aforesaid streams ,
and that ...
... be removed and buried , and the ground disinfected ; that suitable privy
arrangements be provided at each station , with pits at least five feet deep and
situated at least five hundred feet from the banks of any of the aforesaid streams ,
and that ...
Page 49
An exceedingly filthy slaughter house stands within fifty feet of one of the infected
houses and within twenty - five feet of a public school . The report declares the
said slaughter house to be a nuisance prejudicial to the public health . The
finding ...
An exceedingly filthy slaughter house stands within fifty feet of one of the infected
houses and within twenty - five feet of a public school . The report declares the
said slaughter house to be a nuisance prejudicial to the public health . The
finding ...
Page 87
The surface of the water in the impounding reservoir is nineteen feet above the
layer of coke and sand which constitutes the filter bed , through which it is carried
by gravity into the clear water basin . The reservoir water is generally 80 muddy ...
The surface of the water in the impounding reservoir is nineteen feet above the
layer of coke and sand which constitutes the filter bed , through which it is carried
by gravity into the clear water basin . The reservoir water is generally 80 muddy ...
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Page 426 - The said board of health shall have power, and it shall be their duty to make and enforce all needful rules and regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of infectious or contagious diseases by the regulation of intercourse with infected places, by the arrest, separation and treatment of infected persons, and persons who shall have been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease, aud by abating and removing all nuisances which they shall deem prejudicial to the public health...
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Page 98 - ... of the pollution of such waters, and for removal of substances and causes of every kind which may be liable to cause pollution thereof, in order to protect and develop the rights and property of the Commonwealth therein and to protect the public health. It shall have authority to conduct experiments to determine the best practicable methods of purification of drainage and sewage or disposal of the same.
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| Title | Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Volume 4 Executive document Official document |
| Author | Pennsylvania. State Board of Health and Vital Statistics |
| Publisher | E.K. Meyers, State Printers, 1889 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2007 |
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