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Sewage and sewerage of farm homes [1922]

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Sewage and sewerage of farm homes [1922]

George Milton Warren

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Typhoid on a farm often started at the back door. This 1922 government guide explains, in plain terms, what farm sewage is, how it decomposes, why air matters in treating it, and how to avoid the diseases it carries. Clear plans for keeping a rural household's waste from poisoning its water. Health engineering for the homestead.

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23 chapters

  1. 1SEWAGE AND SEWERAGE OF FARM HOMES.
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4PLANS AND ADVICE.
  5. 5SEWAGE, SEWERS, AND SEWERAGE DEFINED.
  6. 6NATURE AND QUANTITY OF SEWAGE.
  7. 7SEWAGE-BORNE DISEASES AND THEIR AVOIDANCE.
  8. 8HOW SEWAGE DECOMPOSES.
  9. 9IMPORTANCE OF AIR IN TREATMENT OF SEWAGE.
  10. 10PRACTICAL UTILITIES.
  11. 11PIT PRIVY.
  12. 12SANITARY PRIVY.
  13. 13DRY-EARTH PRIVY.
  14. 14CHEMICAL CLOSET.
  15. 15LIQUEFYING CLOSET.
  16. 16DISINFECTANTS AND DEODORANTS.
  17. 17PREVENTION OF PRIVY NUISANCE.
  18. 18OBJECTION TO PRIVIES.

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