Manual for the Use of Boards of Health of Massachusetts: Containing the Statutes Relating to the Public Health, the Powers and Duties of the Medical Examiners, and the Registration of Vital Statistics : with References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts on the SameWright & Potter, 1897 - 237 pages |
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... affecting life and health ; and it is important that their pro- ceedings should be delayed as little as possible . Delay might defeat all beneficial results ; and the necessity of the case , and the importance of the public interests at ...
... affecting life and health ; and it is important that their pro- ceedings should be delayed as little as possible . Delay might defeat all beneficial results ; and the necessity of the case , and the importance of the public interests at ...
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... affecting the public health , issue an injunction to stay or prevent the same until the matter is decided by a jury or otherwise ; may enforce such in- junction according to the course of proceedings in chan- cery ; and may dissolve the ...
... affecting the public health , issue an injunction to stay or prevent the same until the matter is decided by a jury or otherwise ; may enforce such in- junction according to the course of proceedings in chan- cery ; and may dissolve the ...
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... affected by such nuisance may , by petition describing the premises upon which it is alleged to exist , and setting out the nature of the nuisance complained of , apply to the board for its abatement ; thereupon such board shall proceed ...
... affected by such nuisance may , by petition describing the premises upon which it is alleged to exist , and setting out the nature of the nuisance complained of , apply to the board for its abatement ; thereupon such board shall proceed ...
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... affected , together with the date and the names of the persons reporting any such cases . The boards of health school com- shall give the school committee immediate information notified . of all cases of contagious diseases reported to ...
... affected , together with the date and the names of the persons reporting any such cases . The boards of health school com- shall give the school committee immediate information notified . of all cases of contagious diseases reported to ...
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... affected by its exposure to infection . Held , that the de- fendant had no ground of exception . Brown v . Murdock , 140 Mass . 314 . The board of health of a city cannot , without the consent of the owner , lawfully establish and use ...
... affected by its exposure to infection . Held , that the de- fendant had no ground of exception . Brown v . Murdock , 140 Mass . 314 . The board of health of a city cannot , without the consent of the owner , lawfully establish and use ...
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Page 75 - Of the members of the commission first appointed one shall hold office for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four years, and one for the term of five years, from and after his appointment.
Page 122 - drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term
Page 122 - 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 133 - Whoever by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another person, sells, exchanges, or delivers, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell or exchange, or exposes or offers for sale or exchange, adulterated milk, or milk to which water or any foreign substance has been added...
Page 160 - First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Page 160 - Pharmacopoeia but which is found in some other pharmacopoeia, or other standard work on materia medica, it differs materially from the standard of strength, quality or purity laid down in such work ; (3.) If its strength or purity falls below the professed standard under which it is sold...
Page 184 - February, transmit to the secretary of the Commonwealth, certified copies of the records of the births, marriages, and deaths, •which have occurred therein during, the year ending on the last day of the preceding December.
Page 116 - States so as to obstruct or interfere with range lights maintained therein, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine not exceeding the sum of $500 for each offense, and each day during which such violation shall continue shall be considered as a new offense.
Page 112 - ... and shall at such time and place as may be designated by the board of examiners hereinafter provided for, to whom such application shall be referred, be examined as to his qualifications for such business. In case of a firm, or corporation, the examination and licensing of any one member of such firm, or the manager of such corporation, shall satisfy the requirements of this act.
Page 4 - ... one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years ; and one member of said board shall be elected annually thereafter, who shall hold his office for three years.