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Joseph Race
An early public health writer, this author focused on practical problems that mattered deeply to everyday life, especially safe water and milk testing. His books offer a clear window into how science was used to improve sanitation in the early 20th century.
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Chlorination of Water
by Joseph Race
About the author
Working in Ottawa as a bacteriologist and chemist, Joseph Race wrote practical scientific books aimed at public health workers and analysts. His best-known works include The Examination of Milk for Public Health Purposes (1918) and Chlorination of Water (1918), both published as hands-on guides rather than purely academic texts.
The available records describe him as closely involved with public health and water-quality work. In Chlorination of Water, he is identified as Ottawa's city bacteriologist and chemist, a captain in the Canadian Army Hydrological Corps, and a participant in professional committees connected with water supplies, water standards, and methods of analysis.
Although biographical details about his personal life are scarce in the sources I found, his writing shows a strong interest in making laboratory and sanitation methods usable in the real world. That practical focus gives his work lasting historical value, especially for readers interested in the development of public health, bacteriology, and safe municipal water systems.