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THE circle of those whose duties compel them to make a special study of sanitary questions is a rapidly widening one in the United States of America, as indeed it is in this country; and one gathers from the author's preface that in spite of the growing number of sanitary inspectors, the still greater number of candidates for inspectorships and the general interest in sanitary questions, there are in America no text-books in which the necessary knowledge is set forth in a concise and suitable form. Of course the sanitary laws and sanitary practice are different in the United States of America, or otherwise we could supply the deficiency from the somewhat extensive literature which exists upon the subject in this country. The general principles of sanitation apply to all countries, but the extent and nature of their application are often determined by legislation of varying character and scope. It is for that reason that many of the English text-books on sanitation are of limited use in America, and that the present volume will only appeal to a few English students.
Handbook of Sanitation.
By George M. Price Pp. xi + 317. New York: John Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1901) Price 6s. 6d. net.
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Handbook of Sanitation . Nature 65, 364 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065364a0
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