Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts, Volume 29Wright & Potter., 1898 - Public health |
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... reference to the prevalence of small - pox in other parts of North America , from the occasional reports which have been received in compliance with the resolutions adopted at Toronto in 1886 , it would appear that small - pox prevailed ...
... reference to the prevalence of small - pox in other parts of North America , from the occasional reports which have been received in compliance with the resolutions adopted at Toronto in 1886 , it would appear that small - pox prevailed ...
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... reference to the cities of Massachusetts . For convenience of reference the table of death rates of cities from this cause , which was published in the twenty - eighth annual report ( 1896 ) , is repeated in this report , with the added ...
... reference to the cities of Massachusetts . For convenience of reference the table of death rates of cities from this cause , which was published in the twenty - eighth annual report ( 1896 ) , is repeated in this report , with the added ...
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... reference to the proper treatment of such cases , and the places have been inspected by the Board , but the necessary action has in each instance been taken by the local board of health . INSPECTION OF SUMMER RESORTS . The importance of ...
... reference to the proper treatment of such cases , and the places have been inspected by the Board , but the necessary action has in each instance been taken by the local board of health . INSPECTION OF SUMMER RESORTS . The importance of ...
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... reference to the matter of adulteration of food and drugs . Certain conditions were found to exist which aided in establishing a basis for future work . It was found that popular notions in regard to the extent and the character of food ...
... reference to the matter of adulteration of food and drugs . Certain conditions were found to exist which aided in establishing a basis for future work . It was found that popular notions in regard to the extent and the character of food ...
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... reference to the sale of ice from polluted sources of supply . Special attention is called in several reports to the need of im- proved means of garbage disposal in some of the larger cities . Thus far Lowell is the only city in the ...
... reference to the sale of ice from polluted sources of supply . Special attention is called in several reports to the need of im- proved means of garbage disposal in some of the larger cities . Thus far Lowell is the only city in the ...
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acre daily Algæ AMMONIA analyses of 1897 antitoxin APPEARANCE April Asterionella average Bacteria Bacteria per Cubic Blackstone River Board of Health Boston Brook cent Chemical Examination Chlorine Color Cons Crustacea cubic centimeter Date of Collection Day of examination deaths December Diatomaceæ Dinobryon diphtheria disease Distinctly musty distinctly vegetable Effluent of Filter Examination of Water faintly vegetable faucet feet filter beds filtration gallons per acre inches Infusoria July July 26 June Loss on Ignition Merrimack River Microscopical Examination minoid month Nitrites NITROGEN AS Albuminoid NOTE to analyses November number of bacteria Number of organisms Number of sample Odor organisms per cubic Oxygen Consumed Pond proposed pumping station reservoir RESIDUE ON EVAPORA Rhizopoda River sample was collected samples were collected Sediment Sept September sewage sewer Slight SUDBURY RIVER surface Synedra TION Total Turbidity typhoid fever V.slight Vermes Water Company water supply water-shed Zoöglæa
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Page xlii - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Page 536 - 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 536 - If any substance or substances have been mixed with it, so as to lower or depreciate, or injuriously affect its quality, strength, or purity. (2) It any inferior or cheaper substance or substances have been substituted wholly or in part for it.
Page 536 - ... (3) if any valuable or necessary constituent or ingredient has been wholly or in part abstracted from it; (4) if it is an imitation of, or is sold under the name of, another article; (5) 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 xxi - Their action Is Intended to be prompt and summary. They are clothed with extraordinary powers for the protection of the community from noxious Influences affecting life and health, and It Is Important that their proceedings should be embarrassed and delayed as little as possible by the necessary observance of formalities.
Page 393 - The acids are the strongest nitric and sulphuric acids, mixed in the proportion of one part of the former to three of the latter by weight.
Page 537 - food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food or drink by man, whether simple, mixed, or compound. SEC. 3. Any article shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this Act...
Page 537 - 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 536 - An article shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this Act: (a) In the case of drugs: (1) If, when sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard of strength, quality or purity laid down therein...
Page 1 - ... to bear the expense of such consultation or advice, or of experiments made for the purposes of this act. All such authorities, corporations, firms and individuals are hereby required to give notice to said Board of their intentions in the premises, and to submit for its advice outlines of their proposed plans or schemes in relation to water supply and disposal of drainage and sewage ; and all petitions to the Legislature for authority to introduce a system of water supply, drainage or sewerage...