(THIRTEENTH BIENNIAL) OF THE State Board of Health OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30, 1922 CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE AUG 21 1944 OF PUBLIC ADMINI GRADUATE SCHOOL ATIUN Printed by John B. Clarke Co., Manchester Bound by Cragg Bindery, Concord NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS GOVERNOR ALBERT O. BROWN, Manchester. D. E. SULLIVAN, M. D., Concord. SIBLEY G. MORRILL, M. D., Concord. SECRETARY CHARLES DUNCAN, M. D., Concord. STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE CHARLES DUNCAN, M. D., Director. CHARLES D. HOWARD, B. S., Chemist. In charge of Water · Supplies, Foods and Drugs. HOWARD N. KINGSFORD, M. D., Pathologist and Bacteriolo gist (Hanover Branch). CLARA ISRAELI, M. D., Pathologist and Bacteriologist. JOHN P. HEAD, B. S., Assistant Chemist. CHARLES L. POOL, Sanitary Engineer. JOSEPH X. DUVAL, Chief Inspector. WILLIAM R. MCLEOD, Assistant Bacteriologist. BERTHA M. STOHRER, Clerk. DIVISION OF VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL. CHARLES A. WEAVER, M. D., in Charge. ELENA M. CROUGH, R. N., Supervisory Nurse. HARRIET I. PARKHURST, Chief Clerk, State Board of Health. BERTHA M. WATSON, Chief Clerk, Dept. Vital Statistics. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. STATE HOUSE, CONCORD, N. H., July 1, 1922. To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council: I have the honor to submit, herewith, in accordance with the laws of the State of New Hampshire, the twenty-seventh report of the State Board of Health for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1922. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES DUNCAN, REPORT. Herewith is presented the biennial report of the State Board of Health for the fiscal years 1921 and 1922. The scope of health work is constantly increasing and in this report under new activities will be given an account of the two new departments, one of which is under the supervisory nurse and the other under a sanitary engineer. We submit for consideration the work accomplished by both these departments. It is not the purpose of this Board to become involved in any health work that interferes in the offices and functions of well established agencies, public or private. In these days there is great public demand for intensive health service. The public is asking why it does not sooner receive the benefit from the great field of scientific preventive medicine which offers a solution of this or that dreaded health condition. It cannot be denied that it is the duty of health departments to take every reasonable means to get this information before the public. Tersely put, the public must be shown. This means work, work that must be as varied as the task confronted. Public and private organization in health work must be supervised and led. They expect and demand the State Board of Health to lead, an official body whose authority under vested law makes it "cognizant of the lives and health of the people of the state.” The State Board of Health is ever mindful that under the law local health authorities have important and well defined health responsibilities. It is the purpose of the State Board to remind them of their duties. The State Board of Health is mindful of the fine work which has been |