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"A Plea for the more Extended Microscopical Examination
of Water Samples;" "Composition of Underground Air
in Dublin;" "Legislation Relative to the Sale of Poisons;"
"On the Adulteration of Foods and Drugs;" "The Commercial
Production of Cold Sterilised Water."
Section C, "Engineering and Building Construction,"
was presided over by C. P. Cotton Esq., Chief Engineering
Inspector, Local Government Board, Ireland. After the
delivery of the Presidential Address, the following papers
were read and discussed:—"The Designing and Construction
of Refuse Destructors;" "Hidden Dangers in the Sites
of Dwelling-Houses;" "The Subsoil in Relation to Sites
for Dwellings;" "The Disposal of Sewage in Tropical
Climates;" "The Sanitary Work of the Romans in
Lincoln;" "A Few Words on the Hygienic Aspect of Street
Making;" "Progress in Sewage Purification;" "An
Improved Method of Exhausting the Steam and Fumes
from Wash-houses, Sculleries, &c;" "Notes on the Design
and Erection of Architectural Ironwork;" "Descriptive
Notes on the New Albert Bridge, Belfast."
In the Municipal and Parliamentary Section the following
papers were read:—"The Terminable Leasehold
System in regard to Municipal Sanitation;" "Municipalisation
of Tramways and Public Lighting;" "Prevention of
Hideous Hoarding and Structures in the Streets of the
City;" "The Extension of Towns as a means of Promoting
Public Health;" "Is Reform of the Existing Workhouse
System in Ireland Desirable;" "The Milk Supply of
Towns;" "Dublin Tenement Houses;" "The Existing
Sanitary Law: its Possibilities;" " The Supervision by