Augustine Henry
Published: 2015-07-20
Total Pages: 356
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Excerpt from Forests Woods and Trees: In Relation to Hygiene The subject matter of this book was briefly dealt with by me in three Chadwick Public Lectures, which were delivered at the Royal Society of Arts, London, in May 1917, under the title of "Forests, Woods, and Trees in relation to Hygiene." An effort is made in this book to interest the statesman, the student of economics, the engineer, the physician, and the layman, as well as the forester, in certain aspects of forests and trees, about which vague notions are prevalent. An endeavour is made in the first two chapters to recognise and describe the far-reaching influences of forests and trees on climate, flow of water, erosion of the soil, shelter from wind, purity of air and water, etc. Such influences affect directly the health and comfort of man. The value of forest districts as sites for sanatoria and the history and utility of parks, open spaces, and trees in towns are then discussed. The afforestation of the desolate pit mounds in the Black Country and other districts is shown to be a movement of great interest, especially when, as in some cases, it is taken up by school children. One effect of the war has been to bring home to thinking people the extreme importance of afforestation. 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.