Excerpt from Handbook of Rural Sanitary Science: Illustrating the Best Means of Securing Health and of Preventing Disease The great amount of preventable sickness and pre mature death resulting from neglect of the laws of health, together with the importance of a better appreciation of sanitary matters, especially in rural districts, is now pretty generally admitted. It is hoped that the present volume Will in some measure supply a. Want long felt of a handbook on Rural Sanitary Science, containing an epitome of what has been done to improve the sanitary condition of the country, as well as What still requires to be done in the same direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.