Excerpt from Handbook of Hygiene The very favourable reception which has been accorded to'this Handbook ever since it was first published renders any lengthened preface unnecessary. As in previous editions, every effort has been made to keep the work up to date; and while much new matter has been interpo lated throughout, a separate chapter has been written on Vital Statistics, and a special section has been added to the chapter on Dwellings, describing more 'fully the pro minent sanitary defects in houses, and how they may be detected and remedied. Several new engravings have been inserted, to illustrate more particularly the drainage of houses and other structural details, as set forth in the Model By-laws of the Local Government Board; and it will be seen that free use has been made of the able and exhaustive reports of Dr. Thorne on Infectious Hospitals, and of Dr. Ballard on Trade Nuisances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.