LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,

Office of the Secretary of the State Board of Health,

MILWAUKEE, October 1, 1898.

To the Honorable, Edward Scofield,

Governor of the State of Wisconsin :

SIR: In accordance with the provisions of section 333 of Sanborn and Berryman's annotated statutes, I have the honor to herewith present the Seventeenth Report of the State Board of Health for the biennial period ending September 30, 1898. Respectfully submitted,