The Sanitary City
The Sanitary City

Author: Martin V. Melosi

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13:

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The authors examines water supply and waste disposal in U.S. cities from Colonial times to the present day.

The Journal of Hygiene
The Journal of Hygiene

Author: George Henry Falkiner Nuttall

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13:

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Issues for 1906-17 include reports on plague investigation in India, 6th-10th reports; and Plague supplements, no. 1-5; and Parasitology v.1-5.

The Future of Public Health
The Future of Public Health

Author: Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1988-01-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0309581907

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"The Nation has lost sight of its public health goals and has allowed the system of public health to fall into 'disarray'," from The Future of Public Health. This startling book contains proposals for ensuring that public health service programs are efficient and effective enough to deal not only with the topics of today, but also with those of tomorrow. In addition, the authors make recommendations for core functions in public health assessment, policy development, and service assurances, and identify the level of government--federal, state, and local--at which these functions would best be handled.

The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy
The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy

Author: Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2015-04-06

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1469621290

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The Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene, including aqueducts for moving water from one place to another, sewers for removing used water from baths and runoff from walkways and roads, and public and private latrines. Through the archeological record, graffiti, sanitation-related paintings, and literature, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow explores this little-known world of bathrooms and sewers, offering unique insights into Roman sanitation, engineering, urban planning and development, hygiene, and public health. Focusing on the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, and Rome, Koloski-Ostrow's work challenges common perceptions of Romans' social customs, beliefs about health, tolerance for filth in their cities, and attitudes toward privacy. In charting the complex history of sanitary customs from the late republic to the early empire, Koloski-Ostrow reveals the origins of waste removal technologies and their implications for urban health, past and present.