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THE ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE.

Past-Presidents.

HIS GRACE THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G. (1877-1893).
H.R.H. THE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY, K.G. (1882-1884), (Parkes Museum).

HIS GRACE THE LATE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G. (1893-1896).

H.R.H. THE LATE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G. (1896-1904).

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OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR 1912-1913.

Patron.

HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

Patroness.

H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF ALBANY.

President.

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G., P.C., F.R.S.

Vice-Presidents.

HIS GRACE THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF ABERDEEN, K.T., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF PLYMOUTH, P.C.

RIGHT HON. LORD AVEBURY, P.C., D.C.L., F.R.S.

RIGHT HON. ROBERT FARQUHARSON, P.C., M.D., LL.D.

SIR WILLIAM HENRY PREECE, K.C.B., F.R.S., M.INST.C.E.

SIR ALEXANDER BINNIE, M.INST.C.E.

SIR WILLIAM J. COLLINS, D.L., J.P., F.R.C.S., M.D., D.P.H.
SIR WILLIAM EMERSON, F.R.I.B.A.

SIR SHIRLEY F. MURPHY, F.R.C.S.

SIR ASTON WEBB, C.B., C.V.O., R.A., F.R.I.B.A.

A, WYNTER BLYTH, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, M.R.C.S., F.I.C., F.C.S.

Registrar.

A. WYNTER BLYTH, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, M.R.C.S., F.I.C., F.C.S.

THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITHS BANK LTD., VICTORIA STREET BRANCH.

EDITING COMMITTEE.

H. D. SEARLES-Wood, f.r.I.B.A., Chairman.

P. BOOBBYER, M.D., M.S., M.R.C.S.

H. PERCY BOULNOIS, M.INST.C.E.

C. H. COOPER, M.INST.C.E.

F. E. FREMANTLE, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S.

A. WELLESLEY HARRIS, M.R.C.S., D.P.H.

PROF. H. R. KENWOOD, M.B., D.P.H., F.R.S.E.

LOUIS C. PARKES, M.D., D.P.H.

S. RIDEAL, D.SC., F.I.C., F.C.S., J.P.

W. C. TYNDALE, M.INST.C.E.

W. WHITAKER, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.

HERBERT WILLIAMS, M.D., D.P.H.

JNO. ED. WORTH, M.INST.C.E.

E. WHITE WALLIS, F.S.S., Sub-Editor.

The Institute is not responsible for the facts and opinions advanced in the Addresses, Papers, and Articles published in the Journal.

CONGRESS AT BELFAST, 1911.

CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.

Address by P. C. Cowan, D.SC., M.INST.C.E.

The Discharge of Sewage into Tidal Waters, by W. Harpur, M.INST.C.E...

The Discharge of Sewage into Tidal Waters, by Prof. E. A. Letts, D.SC.,

F.R S.E.

The Dust Nuisance: its evils and abatement, by John S. Brodie, M.INST.C.E.

CONFERENCE OF PORT SANITARY AUTHORITIES.

Address by Robert Thomson, M.B., J.P.

Plague Precautions in reference to the Destruction of Rats, by Herbert

Williams, M.D., D.P.H.

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The Importation of Unsound Food, by W. Hanna, M.B., D.P.H.

CONFERENCE OF VETERINARY INSPECTORS.

Address by James A. Jordan, M.R.C.V.S.

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Meat Branding and Uniformity of Inspection, by W. G. Barnes, M.R.C.V.S.

Meat Inspection in the County Borough of Belfast, by Counc. Henry

O'Neill, M.D., J.P.

The Modern Abattoir and its Methods, by J. Sherwood New, M.R.C.S.

CONFERENCE OF SANITARY INSPECTORS.

Address by David Rutherford

The Smoke Nuisance and its Abatement, by John Macaulay, A.M.I.MECH.E.

Dairies and Milk Supply from a Sanitary Inspector's point of view, by

J. T. Cowderoy

The Sanitary Inspector in Ireland, by Samuel T. Coulter

Decisions of Council on Resolutions passed at the Belfast Congress, 1911 .

Inaugural Address by His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York

Lecture to the Congress by Prof Karl Pearson, F.R.S.

The Public Health Aspects of Poliomyelitis, by Reginald Farrar, M.D.

Hygienic Ice-cream Factories, by T. Shadick Higgins, M.D., D.P.H.

The Chemical and Bacterial Changes occurring in Sewage when mixed with

Sea-water, by J. E. Purvis, M.A., and G. Walker, M.A., M.B. ..

The Physiological Effects of Exercise, by Col. C. H. Melville, R.A.M.C.,

M.B., D.P.H.

Apparatus for the Direct Determination of Electro-conductivities (specific

conductance) and its Application to Public Health, by Myer Coplans,

M.D., D.P.H.

382

The Municipal Dispensary and Tuberculin Treatment, by A. Mearns

Fraser, M.D., and Hilda Clark, M.B.

Dispensaries for the Prevention and Treatment of Consumption, by D. J.

Williamson, M.D. . .

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The Role of the Sanatorium in the Treatment and Prevention of Consump-

tion, by W. H. Wynn, M.D., and G. B. Dixon. M.R.C.S.

Air Pollution by Coal Smoke, by Arthur G. Ruston, B.A., B.SC.

Boy Scouts, by Capt. M. L. Porter

SECTION B.-ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE.

Address by J. Walker Smith, M.INST.C.E.

The Physics of Air in Relation to Ventilation, by A. Saxon Snell, F.R.I.B.A.

Ventilation and Warming of Churches, by J. Osborne Smith, F.R.I.B.A.

Some Points in the Purification of Water, by Myer Coplans, M.D., D.P.H...

Sewage Works for Institutions, Country Houses, and Small Hamlets, by

H. Maclean Wilson, M.D., B.SC.

Country House Sewage Purification, by James E. Tuke

Treatment of Gas Liquor in connection with Sewage, by Reginald Brown,

468

ASSOC.M.INST.C.E.

475

Delhi, by Tom Salkield

482

The Selection, Arrangement, and Fixing of Sanitary Fittings, by The

General Council for the National Registration of Plumbers

Address by Sir Thomas Oliver, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.

Hygiene of the Steel Trades, by J. M. Beattie, M.A., M.D.

The Prevention of Wool Sorters' Disease (Anthrax), by F. W. Eurich, M.D.

The Progress of Sanitary Legislation in Industrial Occupations, by Miss

A. J. Safford

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501

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515

Pollution of Streams by Coal-washing Water, by H. Maclean Wilson,

Pollution of Streams by Spent Gas Liquor, by H. Maclean Wilson, M.D., B.SC.

522

SECTION C.-DOMESTIC HYGIENE.

Address by Mrs. Edwin Gray

607

Teaching of Domestic Economy in Secondary Schools, by Miss D. E. Crick

Teaching of Domestic Hygiene in Elementary Schools, by Mrs. F. L. Mather

The Sociological Influence of Teachers of Domestic Subjects, by Mrs. M. A.

Cloudesley Brereton

Protection and Storage of Food in the Home, by Miss F. I. Lansdown

The Food Problem in the Home Treatment of Consumption, by Miss

Marion Fitzgerald

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637

SECTION D.-HYGIENE OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.

The Medical Inspection of Children under School Age, by Lewis Williams,

The Sheffield School Tuberculosis Dispensary, by John E. Chapman,

M.R.C.S., and Prof. Ralph P. Williams, M.D., D.P.H.

On Genetics as the future Foundation of Eugenics, by C. W. Saleeby, M.D.