A Guide to Sanitary House-inspection: Or, Hints and Helps Regarding the Choice of a Healthful Home in City Or Country |
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... disease are common throughout the country ! There is no provision by law secur- ing proper drainage , sewerage , or safe construc- tion in ninety - nine out of every hundred houses erected in the United States . " While this may not ...
... disease are common throughout the country ! There is no provision by law secur- ing proper drainage , sewerage , or safe construc- tion in ninety - nine out of every hundred houses erected in the United States . " While this may not ...
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... disease . " 2. It must possess every facility for the re- moval of its impurities as fast as they are produced . " 3. It must be free from damp . 66 4. It must be well filled with daylight , from all points that can be charged with ...
... disease . " 2. It must possess every facility for the re- moval of its impurities as fast as they are produced . " 3. It must be free from damp . 66 4. It must be well filled with daylight , from all points that can be charged with ...
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... disease . One should make it a rule , in inspecting a house - drain , to make observations regarding the free flow of water through it , by discharging a water - closet , a bath - tub , or other fixture , and thus to gain valu- able ...
... disease . One should make it a rule , in inspecting a house - drain , to make observations regarding the free flow of water through it , by discharging a water - closet , a bath - tub , or other fixture , and thus to gain valu- able ...
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... disease ; but true disinfectants must destroy the organic impurities and germs of disease , and not merely disguise a bad smell . What we need more than any thing else in our homes , and in particular at our plumbing - fixtures , is ...
... disease ; but true disinfectants must destroy the organic impurities and germs of disease , and not merely disguise a bad smell . What we need more than any thing else in our homes , and in particular at our plumbing - fixtures , is ...
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... disease . The real danger con- sists much more in the dirt and dust , particles of organic matter , and living microscopic organisms ( the germs of disease ) floating in sewer air , and causing the outbreak or the spread of some pre ...
... disease . The real danger con- sists much more in the dirt and dust , particles of organic matter , and living microscopic organisms ( the germs of disease ) floating in sewer air , and causing the outbreak or the spread of some pre ...
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