Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health

Clay’s Handbook of Environmental Health, since its first publication in 1933, has provided a definitive guide for the environmental health practitioner or reference for the consultant or student. This twentieth edition continues as a first point of reference, reviewing the core principles, techniques and competencies, and then outlining the specialist subjects. It has been refocused on the current curriculum of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Environmental Health but should also readily suit the generalist or specialist working outside the UK.

Part 1: Environmental Health 1. Introduction to Environmental Health 2. Historical Development of Environmental Health in the UK 3. The Organization of Environmental Health in the UK 4. Training and Professional Standards 5. Port Health Part 2: Environmental Health Law and Administration 6. Environmental Health Law 7. Enforcement of Environmental Health Law 8. Fundamentals of Information Technology and its Application in Environmental Health Part 3: Public Health and Safety 9. Environmental Health, Public Health and Sustainable Development 10. Risk Management for Environmental Health 11. Public Safety and Health. Part 4: Epidemiology 12. Communicable Disease Part 5: Housing 16. Housing Conditions and Health 17. Housing: Standards and Enforcement Part 6: Occupational Health and Safety 18. Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety 19. Legislative and Administrative Framework 2 0. The working environment 21. Protection of Persons 22. Plant and Systems of Work 23. Toxic and Dangerous Substances 24. Accident Prevention and Investigation 25. Ionizing Radiation 26. Non-ionizing Radiation Part 7: Food Safety and Hygiene 27. Introduction to Food Safety 28. Food Safety Law 29. Food Safety Controls 30. The Preservation of Food 31. Milk and Milk Products 32. Fish and Shellfish 33. Meat Hygiene Part 8: Environmental Protection 34. Introduction to Environmental 35. Noise 36. Air Pollution 37. Waste Management 38. Radon in Buildings 39. The Water Cycle 40. Contaminated Land 41. Pest Control. Introduction. Legal Provisions. 42. The Control of Animals. Reasons for Controlling Animals. Licensing. The Control of Dogs. Animal Welfare Bill

Stephen Battersby is a freelance Housing and Environmental Health Consultant and is also currently President of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

He is an Associate of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Housing Standards and Health at Warwick University. At Warwick he has undertaken research into housing standards and their implementation that led to the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and was a member of the team that developed the HHSRS. He is an Associate of the Environmental Regulation Research Group in the Law School at Surrey University and also of the Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health at Surrey. He is also a visiting lecturer at Kings College, London.

He represents the CIEH on the National House Building Council, is a member of the UKPHA’s Advisory Group on Housing Health and Fuel Poverty, and also chairs the CIEH National Pest Advisory Panel. He has also been adviser to the European Regional Office of the World Health Organisation.

He is Contributing Editor of Croner’s Environmental Management and Croner’s Environment News.