Report of the Board of Health of the city and port of Philadelphia. 1897Board of Health, 1898 |
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... fever had a slight increase in percentage over the year 1896. There was not one single case of small- pox in this City during the year , so far as is known , nor has there been a case since October , 1895. Typhoid fever caused 401 ...
... fever had a slight increase in percentage over the year 1896. There was not one single case of small- pox in this City during the year , so far as is known , nor has there been a case since October , 1895. Typhoid fever caused 401 ...
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... typhoid fever , prev- alent here , a short time since , brought us all to a real- izing sense of the danger that confronts us . If the City had the money in hand , a wise solution of the ques- tion would be to bring the water from a ...
... typhoid fever , prev- alent here , a short time since , brought us all to a real- izing sense of the danger that confronts us . If the City had the money in hand , a wise solution of the ques- tion would be to bring the water from a ...
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... Typhoid fever caused 401 deaths , a decrease of one over the previous year . The number of cases reported was 2,994 ... typhoid fever in the above named wards was ordered and a report thereon was submitted by Dr. A. C. Abbott , Chief of ...
... Typhoid fever caused 401 deaths , a decrease of one over the previous year . The number of cases reported was 2,994 ... typhoid fever in the above named wards was ordered and a report thereon was submitted by Dr. A. C. Abbott , Chief of ...
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... Typhoid fever caused 401 deaths , a decrease of one ( 1 ) over the previous year . The number of cases reported was 2,994 , an increase of 504 over 1896. The death rate was 13.39 . The following table shows the number of cases of ty ...
... Typhoid fever caused 401 deaths , a decrease of one ( 1 ) over the previous year . The number of cases reported was 2,994 , an increase of 504 over 1896. The death rate was 13.39 . The following table shows the number of cases of ty ...
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Ward . The following table shows the number of cases of typhoid fever reported , by wards , in each month ; also , the total number for the year 1897 : January . February . March . April . May . June . July . August . Septemb'r ...
Ward . The following table shows the number of cases of typhoid fever reported , by wards , in each month ; also , the total number for the year 1897 : January . February . March . April . May . June . July . August . Septemb'r ...
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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...