SANITARY ENGINEERING NOTES.

Sanitary Notes in Poona

j I AM anxious to bring to professional notice a remarkable ^ instance of the seemingly mysterious generation of fever and cholera in certain localities, the present case being one in which these two scourges have chosen, what I maintain to be, one of their most favorite breeding dens. Ir. is not the ruined, weed-covered, and slimy tank, nor the foul looking pond put to foul uses and surrounded...

Medical Research and Sanitary Engineering

Doctoral Program in Sanitary - Environmental Engineering

Introduction “Although many people are concerned about the status of the environment, environmental engineers are the technical professionals who provide safe drinking water, treat and properly dispose of wastes, maintain air quality, control water pollution, and remediate sites contaminated due to spills of improper disposal of hazardous substances. They monitor the quality of the air, water, ...

The Influence of Sanitary Engineering on Public Health.

FIFTY years ago sanitary engineering in this country scarcely existed, even in name. The larger cities were provided with public water supplies and there was a general desire among sanitarians to supply water free from filth. Sewers in combination with storm water drains.had been built in the larger communities to a limited extent for several decades. Some of the more progressive engineers were...

[Comments on the teaching of sanitary engineering in Latin America].

1 Published in Spanish in B&tin de la Oficina Sanikm%z Panamericana Vol. LXII, No. 6 (June 1967), pp. 531-537. 2 Consultant in Sanitary Engineering Education, PAHO/WHO, Zone II, Mexico City. future in view of the increasing needs in environmental sanitation. Manpower is the major factor in the success or failure of the national sanitation programs, for the financing problem has been largely ove...