XI. REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH UPON THE SEWERAGE OF THE MYSTIC AND CHARLES RIVER VALLEYS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. PART III. SELECTIONS FROM THE REPORTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
5. I. STATE MEDICINE 3
6. II. THE PUBLIC HEALTH 9
7. III. INTEMPERANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE COSMIC LAW 12
8. IV. PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND THE PHYSICIAN OF THE FUTURE 17
9. V. THE FILTRATION OF POTABLE WATER 26
10. VI. ON SOME IMPURITIES OF DRINKING – WATER CAUSED B Y VEGETABLE GROWTHS 39
11. VII. A STUDY OF THE RELATIVE POISONOUS EFFECTS OF COAL AND WATER GAS 47
12. VIII. REPORT OF A COMMISSION TO CONSIDER A GENERAL SYSTEM OF DRAINAGE FOR THE VALLEYS OF THE MYSTIC, BLACKSTONE AND CHARLES RIVERS 58
13. IX. MICRO-ORGANISMS IN THE AIR OF THE BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL 65
14. X. POLLUTION OF ICE SUPPLIES 77
15. XI. REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH UPON THE SEWERAGE OF THE MYSTIC AND CHARLES RIVER VALLEYS 86
16. XII. SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE SELECTION OF SOURCES OF WATER SUPPLY 106
17. XIII. THE GROWTH OF CHILDREN STUDIED BY GALTON’S METHOD OF PERCENTILE GRADES 119
18. XIV. TYPHOID FEVER IN ITS RELATION TO WATER SUPPLIES 131
19. XV. A CLASSIFICATION OF THE DRINKING-WATERS OF THE STATE 139
20. XVI. THE EFFECT OF STORAGE UPON THE TASTE AND ODOR OF SURFACE WATERS 144
21. XVII. THE POLLUTION OF STREAMS 156
22. XVIII. THE FILTRATION OF SEWAGE, A GENERAL VIEW OF RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS AT THELAWRENCE EXPERIMENT STATION 172
23. XIX. THE CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION OF SEWAGE 188
24. XX. MICROSCOPICAL ANALYSIS 192
25. XXI. INVESTIGATIONS UPON NITRIFICATION AND THE NITRIFYING ORGANISM 208
26. XXII. THE INTERPRETATION OF WATER ANALYSES 218
27. XXIII. SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SANDS AND GRAVELS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR USE IN FILTRATION 232
28. XXIV. REPORT OF THE JOINT BOARD UPON THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHARLES RIVER 249
29. XXV. REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH UPON A METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY 260
30. XXVI. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE TOXIN PRODUCTION OF DIPHTHERIA BACILLI 274
31. XXVII. SANITARY CONDITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NEPONSET MEADOWS 293
32. XXVIII. A MASSACHUSETTSLIFE TABLE FOR THE FIVE YEARS 1893-97 300
33. XXIX. REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH UPON THE GENERAL SUBJECT OF THE DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE INTO BOSTON HARBOR 317
34. XXX. EXAMINATION OF SEWER OUTLETS IN BOSTON HARBOR AND OF TIDAL WATERS AND FLATS FROM WHICH SHELLFISH ARE TAKEN FOR FOOD 322
35. XXXI. INSPECTION OF DAIRIES 333
36. XXXII. A REVIEW OF TWENTY - ONE YEARS EXPERIMENTS UPON THE PURIFICATION OF SEWAGE A T THE LAWRENCE EXPERIMENT STATION 341
37. XXXIII. THE OCCURRENCE OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1907-12 350
38. XXXIV. FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 366
39. PART IV. ABSTRACTS OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES AND REPORTS PUBLISHED IN THE REGULAR SERIES OF ANNUAL REPORTS
40. I. ABSTRACTS OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES AND REPORTS 377
41. INDEX 443
42. Backmatter 460