. Annals of hygiene. omplete authority and an abundant ap-propriation can avail, the risk of the spread 194 THE ANNALS OF HYGIENE. of epidemic disease through the territoryof* Mississippi is hereafter reduced to aminimum. THE DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EX-CRETA BY FIRE.* BY \V. S. ROSS, M. I).,Of Madisonville, Kentucky. Figure 1 represents a longitudinal viewof the apparatus and attachments, and fig-ure 2 is a transverse view of the combination consists, first, in an at- door communicating with the grate-sur-face; third, the combination of the hori-zontal casing A with the perforated falsebott
. Annals of hygiene. omplete authority and an abundant ap-propriation can avail, the risk of the spread 194 THE ANNALS OF HYGIENE. of epidemic disease through the territoryof* Mississippi is hereafter reduced to aminimum. THE DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EX-CRETA BY FIRE.* BY \V. S. ROSS, M. I).,Of Madisonville, Kentucky. Figure 1 represents a longitudinal viewof the apparatus and attachments, and fig-ure 2 is a transverse view of the combination consists, first, in an at- door communicating with the grate-sur-face; third, the combination of the hori-zontal casing A with the perforated falsebottom C, grate-bars A, bridge-wall B,hinged lids E, privy box, with hinged seatsand the connecting means. The seat-boards should be madedouble, the grain of the wood reversed,and glued together; this will preventwarping. The hinged lids being connected by ametallic cord, and the furnace lids E be-ing heavier than the seats, they work au-tomatically. The furnace lids being heav-ier than the seat, as soon as the weight of. lachment for a privy, a horizontal metalliceasing constituting the depository for thefecal matter, provided with the hingedlids and fire-chamber; second, the attach-ment for a privy, consisting of the hori-zontal metallic casing, with the perforatedfalse bottom C, bridge-wall B, and grate-bars C, arranged in about the same hori-zontal plane with the hinged lids E and *Read before the Pennsylvania State Sani-tary Convention. From advance sheets of An-nual Report. the body is removed from the seat the fur-nace closes, and so remains except whenbeing used; the odor is thus confined tothe furnace, and forced to escape throughthe flue or draft pipe and into the air abovethe building. The front (G) of the privybox is lined with metal, preferably of sheetcopper, which extends down beyond theline of the casing a short distance into thedepository, and is intended to carry downthe liquid matter that may be impingedagainst it. THE ANNALS OF HYGIENE. 195 PHYSIC-TIPPLING AND M
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