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Water supplies in the field : notes for medical officers

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Title

Water supplies in the field : notes for medical officers

Date

194-?

Description

Detailed, and descriptive instructions for the sourcing, testing and decontamination of water during active service in the field.
Amounts -- Sources: -- Rain water -- Surface water -- Subsoil water -- Measures to protect wells from contamination -- Detection of a source of pollution -- Cleansing of a well -- Yield of a well -- Metal solvency in water -- Hardness of water -- Brackish waters -- Bitter Aperient waters -- Examination of water supplies -- Purification of water: -- Clarification -- Sterilisation -- Water vehicles, water points and distribution: -- Bulk supplies -- Unit supplies -- Individual supplies -- Poisoning of water by the enemy -- Water supplies contaminated with Schistosome Corcariae -- Appendices.
"Reprinted with the permission of the Controller, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London."
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Publisher

Wilke & Co
Melbourne, VIC

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Format

96 pages ; 19 cm

Language

eng

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Great Britain. War Office, “Water supplies in the field : notes for medical officers,” Fusion: Deakin Exhibits Online, accessed October 15, 2024, https://fusion.deakin.edu.au/items/show/1726.

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