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Kensington 1893

The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year 1893

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Public Baths and Washhouses ; Separate Washhouses a Desideratum 219
Public Sanitary Conveniences 220
Drainage Map of the Parish 22
Elementary Schools ; Sanitation of 223
Hygienic Carriage-ways and Pavements 225
Obstructive Buildings 227
Smoke Consumption 227
Grand Junction Canal 228
Metropolitan Sewage-Disposal 229
Sewer Emanations : Bacterial Studies 30
Water Supply ; Metropolitan; Report of the Royal Commission on the 231
,, ,, Dr. Frankland's Report on the 32
,, ,, Bacterioscopic Examination of the 234
,, ,, Water Examiner's Report on the 237
,, ,, Constant Service System 237
,, ,, Storage Reservoirs 238
,, ,, Filtration of the 238
,, ,, Deterioration of the, in Dirty Cisterns 238
,, ,, Cutting-off Powers of the Companies 239
,, ,, ,, Report on, by the Sanitary Committee 240
,, ,, Regulations; Proposed Amendment of the 242
,, ,, ,, Action of County Council with reference to 242
,, ,, ,, Views of Medical Officer ,, 244
Gas ; Results of Examinations for Ascertaining the Illuminating Power
and the Purity of the 246
,, Variation in the Illuminating Power of the 248
,, Portable Photometer ; Proposal to acquire power to test with 248
,, Standard for Ascertaining Illuminating power of; A Desideratum 248
Conclusion 250
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