Hygiene and public health / by Louis Parkes and Henry Kenwood.

  • Parkes, Louis Coltman, 1857-1942.
Date:
1901
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Hygiene and public health / by Louis Parkes and Henry Kenwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    PREFACE. The book of the same title as the present one, of which one of us was the author, having run through five editions in the space of ten years, has been taken as the basis of the present work. The great advance in the science of hygiene during the past decennium has necessitated practically the recasting of the older book, the modification of certain matter therein contained, and the addition of much new matter. It has been the aim of the authors in the present work to give in a con- densed, though readable, form the essential principles of the science of hygiene and the more important facts in Public Health Administration. The book is more especially designed for those members of the medical profession who are studying for the various Public Health diplomas, but we trust it may serve as a handy guide to the profession generally upon those topics which are connected with the Public Health aspects of