Report of the Board of Health of the city and port of Philadelphia. 1897Board of Health, 1898 |
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Page xvi
... plans pro- viding for the improvement and extension of this hospital , which plans will soon be submitted to your Honorable Bod- ies for consideration . This hospital unfortunately is looked upon as a pest house and many efforts have ...
... plans pro- viding for the improvement and extension of this hospital , which plans will soon be submitted to your Honorable Bod- ies for consideration . This hospital unfortunately is looked upon as a pest house and many efforts have ...
Page xvii
... Plans and pictures of the period of the Revolution that could in any wise throw light upon the matter have been carefully studied and historical information wherever ob- tainable has been most diligently sought for , in order that the ...
... Plans and pictures of the period of the Revolution that could in any wise throw light upon the matter have been carefully studied and historical information wherever ob- tainable has been most diligently sought for , in order that the ...
Page xxxi
... plan at present is practically beyond our reach . Fortunately we have at this time a plentiful supply of water , which no doubt will meet the requirements for many years to come provided we do not draw upon it too extravagantly . The ...
... plan at present is practically beyond our reach . Fortunately we have at this time a plentiful supply of water , which no doubt will meet the requirements for many years to come provided we do not draw upon it too extravagantly . The ...
Page xxxii
... plan be accepted $ 3,700,000 will go far towards the solution of this much vexed question . There is no need of further delay . Our duty is clear and imperative and the authority already given to Coun- cils by the people is broad enough ...
... plan be accepted $ 3,700,000 will go far towards the solution of this much vexed question . There is no need of further delay . Our duty is clear and imperative and the authority already given to Coun- cils by the people is broad enough ...
Page xxxiii
... plans should be submitted , and contracts immediately awarded for the doing of the work required . The very moment two or three districts are supplied with wholesome water the question will be settled . DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND ...
... plans should be submitted , and contracts immediately awarded for the doing of the work required . The very moment two or three districts are supplied with wholesome water the question will be settled . DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND ...
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Popular passages
Page 131 - If it is colored, coated, polished or powdered, whereby damage or inferiority is concealed, or if by any means it is made to appear better or of greater value than it really is...
Page 131 - If it consists wholly, or in part, of a diseased, decomposed, putrid, infected, tainted, or rotten animal or vegetable substance or article, whether manufactured or not ; or in the case of milk, if it is the produce of a diseased animal.
Page 131 - Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to mixtures or compounds recognized as ordinary articles or ingredients of articles of food...
Page 130 - In the case of food: (1) If any substance or substances have been mixed with it so as to reduce, or lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength: (2) If any inferior or cheaper substance or substances have been substituted wholly or in part for it...
Page 52 - SECTION 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia...
Page 132 - ... the provisions of this act shall be paid to the Dairy and Food Commissioner or his agent, and by him immediately covered into the State Treasury.
Page 130 - food,' as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound.
Page 128 - That the sale or offering for sale of milk or cream for human consumption in this Commonwealth, to which has been added boracic acid salt, boracic acid, salicylic acid, salicylate of soda; or any other injurious compound or substance for artificially coloring the same...
Page 131 - Whoever refuses to comply, upon demand, with the requirements of section four, and whoever violates any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred nor less than...
Page 131 - Every person offering or exposing for sale, or delivering to a purchaser, any drug or article of food included in the provisions of this act, shall furnish to any analyst or other officer or agent...