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The following Publications and Parliamentary Bills, in
relation to Public Health, have been received during last
quarter, viz.:—
Reports of the Medical Officer of Health of St. James', Westminster; of the
Holborn Board of Works ; of the Sanitary Condition and Public Health of Mile End
Old Town; of the Health and Mortality of Lambeth, of Merthyr Tydvil, of
Manchester and Salford, and of Glasgow. Eighth Report of the Convalescent Society
of Newcastle-on-Tyne, of the prevalent Diseases of the District, by G. H. Philipson,
M.D., &c. Report of the Cholera Epidemic at Ystalyfera, in South Wales, by
James Rogers. Report of the Metropolitan Board of Works on the supply of Gas to
the Metropolis. On the treatment and disposal of Town Sewage, and on the designing
and construction of Storage Reservoirs, by Arthur Jacob, B.A., &c. Suggestions for a
mode of supplying cheap and Healthy Dwellings for the Working Classes, with
security and profit to the Investors, by Henry Hawksley, M.D. Lond. &c.
Les Cites Ouverieres du Haut Rhin, par M. A. Penot. Dwellings of the
Labouring Classes, their Arrangement and Construction, and the Essentials of a
Healthy Dwelling, by Henry Roberts, F.S.A. On the Ventilation of Dwelling
Houses, and the utilization of Waste Heat from Open Fire Places, by Frederick
Edwards, Jun. The Sewage System, and a general View of all systems and methods
for draining cities and utilizing Sewage, by Frederick Charles Krepp.—Longman & Co.
Influence of Weather and Season upon Public Health, by Edward Ballard, M.D.,
Lond. Ueber die Ursachen der Volkskrankheiten und besondere der Cholera,
ein popularer Vortrag, von Prof. D. A. Biermer—Zurich. Cottage Hospitals, their
Objects, Advantages and Management, by E. J. Waring, M.D., &c. The Waste of
Infant Life, by J. B. Curgenven, Esq., M.R.C.S. &c. On Prison and Workhouse
Dietary, by Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S., &c. Nutrition, the basis of treatment
of Disease, by Graily Hewitt, M.D., &c. A Few Friendly Words to Young Mothers,
by one of the Maternity (Mrs. Baines). The Public Health, No. 1 and 2;
The Poor Law Chronicle ; Sessional Proceedings of the Social Science Association.
The Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act. An Act to amend the Laws
relating to Vaccination. Report of Local Government and Taxation Committee of
the Court of Common Council. The Artizan and Laborers' Dwellings Bill of
Mr. Torrens. The Metropolitan Building and Management Act of Mr. Tite.
The Workshops Regulation Act. Hints to Certifying Surgeons under Factory Acts,
by George Greaves, and Fry's Vaccination Acts.