Public health in European capitals : Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Christiania, Stockholm, and Copenhagen / by Thomas Morison Legge.

  • Legge, Sir Thomas Morison, 1863-1932.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Public health in European capitals : Berlin, Paris, Brussels, Christiania, Stockholm, and Copenhagen / by Thomas Morison Legge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of typhoid or cholera bacilli in water, etc., as he thinks necessary. Such questions, too, as the sanitary condition of creches and the prevention of school epidemics, come under his care. The powers of the Prefect of Police in sani- Pubu^Heaith. tary matters date from the time of the Revolu- tion, and under him in each arrondissement is the mayor, to see to the particular needs of the district. It is only natural that in France, where there is no specially trained staff of sanitary inspectors, such as is the case in this country, the police servants should be the persons from v.'hom information as to sanitary defects can be most easily obtained. The Prefect of Police has, for the purpose of advising him on all matters relating to public health and sanitation, a council (Conseil d'hygiene publique ct de salu- brite du departement de la Seine), which meets twice a month and consists of thirty-eight members, amongst whom are the Dean and Professors of Hygiene and Medical Juris- prudence of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, the Chief Engineer of Roads and Bridges, and others chosen for the recognized position they hold as experts on various sub- jects. In each arrondissement a committee of hygiene is appointed, chosen by the Prefect on the recommendation of the mayor, consisting of nine members. Of these, two must be doctors of medicine, one a veterinary surgeon, one an architect, one an engineer, and one a chemist. The members of these committees inspect their districts person- ally, and endeavour, as far as they can by persuasion, to get sanitary defects remedied. Municipal Lab- The Municipal Laboratory under the Prefect oratory. 0f p0fjcej founded in 1879, has done m>uch to prevent the adulteration of food-stufts in Paris. Two kinds of analyses are made, qualitative and quantitative. The former is made gratuitously of any article of food, no matter c