Clay’s handbook of environmental health

Henry Hurrell Clay,W H Bassett,NetLibrary, Inc.0203493583, 9780203493588

Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Contributors……Page 16
Foreword……Page 20
Preface……Page 22
Extract from the preface to the first edition……Page 24
Environmental Health Definition and Organization……Page 26
Introduction to environmental health……Page 28
Historical development of environmental health in the United Kingdom……Page 47
The organization of environmental health in the United Kingdom……Page 83
Training and professional standards……Page 129
Port health……Page 134
Environmental Health Law and Administration……Page 158
Environmental health law……Page 160
Enforcement of environmental health law……Page 173
Fundamentals of information technology and its application in environmental health……Page 202
Public Health and Safety……Page 222
Public health, environmental health and sustainable development……Page 224
Risk management for environmental health……Page 237
Specific public safety and health issues……Page 256
Epidemiology……Page 292
Communicable disease administration and law……Page 294
Communicable disease control……Page 329
Environmental epidemiology and non-infectious diseases……Page 356
Housing……Page 372
Housing conditions and health……Page 374
Housing: standards and enforcement……Page 389
Occupational Health and Safety……Page 434
Introduction to occupational health and safety……Page 436
Legislative and administrative framework……Page 449
The working environment……Page 459
Protection of persons……Page 468
Plant and systems of work……Page 475
Toxic and dangerous substances……Page 486
Accident prevention and investigation……Page 496
Ionizing radiation……Page 503
Non-ionizing radiation……Page 508
Food Safety and Hygiene……Page 514
Introduction to food safety……Page 516
Food safety law……Page 526
Food safety controls……Page 541
The preservation of food……Page 565
Food safety: controls on milk, eggs and dairy products……Page 589
Fish and shellfish……Page 612
Meat hygiene……Page 623
Environmental Protection……Page 644
Introduction to environmental protection……Page 646
Noise……Page 670
Air pollution……Page 695
Waste management……Page 743
Radon in buildings……Page 789
The water cycle……Page 811
Contaminated land……Page 870
Pest control……Page 900
The control of animals……Page 926