THE

SANITARY JOURNAL:

A JOURNAL

OF

HYGIÈNE AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

EDITED BY

JAMES CHRISTIE, A.M., M.D.,

FELLOW OF THE FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, GLASGOW.
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, Burgh of HILLHEAD, Glasgow.
LECTURER ON HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, AndersON'S COLLEGE, Glasgow.

CONTENTS.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

Fresh Air and Cleanliness. By W. J. Naismith, M.D.,

Small-Pox in a Paper Factory and a Series of Typhus Cases. By J. B.

Russell, M.D.,

Health and Disease in Kilmarnock. By John C. M'Vail, M.D., C.M.,

Sanitary Reform in the Rural Districts of Scotland a necessity in the

Interest of Populous Places. By James B. Russell, B. A., M.D.,

Notes on the Development of Living Germs in Water by Dr. Koch's

Gelatine Process. By Dr. R. Angus Smith, F.R.S.,

Dairy Farms in their Relation to Health. By W. J. Simpson, M.D.,

Notes and Remarks on the Burgh Police and Health (Scotland) Bill.

97

By Geo. A. D. Mackay,

104

On Climate. By A. Macfarlane, M.D.,

129

Notes and Remarks on the Burgh Police and Health (Scotland) Bill.

By Geo. A. D. Mackay,

141

The Compulsory Notification of Infectious Disease to Local Authorities:

its History and Development, with an Account of its Working in

Dundee. By A. M. Anderson, M.D., .

Report on an Outbreak of Fever at Balfron in 1882. By J. B.

Russell, M.D.,

193

The Geographical Distribution of Phthisis in the North of Scotland.

By W. J. Simpson, M.D.,

225

Cholera Epidemics: their Etiology, modes of Diffusion, and Preventive

Measures, with Special Reference to Quarantine. By James

Christie, A. M., M.D., .

233

The Sanitary Association of Scotland,

242

Observations on the Sanitary Provisions of the Burgh Police and

Health (Scotland) Bill, 1883. By George A. D. Mackay,

257

On the "Scavenging of Towns." By John Young,

269

On the Comparative Merits of fine and Coarse Flour as Articles of

Food. By William Wallace, Ph.D., F.R.S.E., F.C.S., F.I.C., . 289

On the Advantages of Low Ceilings in Small Houses. By John

Honeyman,

295

On Some Sanitary Aspects of House Construction.

By William

Wallace, Ph.D., F.R.S. E., F.C.S., F.I.C., .

300

The Houses of the Poor and the Responsibilities of Landlords: an

Address. By James B. Russell, M.D.,

On Notes on House Sanitation In and Round Glasgow. By Gilbert

Thomson, M. A., C.E.,

329

334

On Middle Class Dwellings. By Henry C. Burdett, F.S.S.,

On River Pollution. By Henry Robinson, M. Inst. C.E.,