THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MEDICAL
EXAMINERS, AND THE REGISTRATION

OF VITAL STATISTICS,

WITH REFERENCES TO THE

DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS ON THE SAME.

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

CONTENTS.

1. Introduction,

2. General powers and duties of the State Board of Health,

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8. Appeal to county commissioners,

9. Diseases dangerous to public health; hospitals; infected persons and things;

contagious diseases in public schools,

10. Vaccination,

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15. Offensive trades,

16. Swine-slaughtering associations,

17. Pollution of rivers and sources of water and ice supplies,

18. Public baths,

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19. Cemeteries, burials, tombs, removal and transportation of bodies,.

20. Promotion of anatomical science,

25. Instruction in physiology and hygiene; alcohol, stimulants and narcotics,

26. Sanitary provisions in factories, workshops, school-houses and other public

buildings,

27. The sale of clothing made in unhealthy places,

28. Licensing of plumbers,

30. Bakeries, and persons employed in them,

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GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS RELATIVE TO FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION.

39. Rules and regulations of the State Board relative to food and drug inspection,

41. INQUESTS. DUTIES OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS,

42. Summary of powers and duties of the State Board of Health,

43. Index, .

SAMUEL W. ABBOTT, M.D., Secretary, Room 142, STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JOSEPH P. DAVIS, C.E., Consulting Engineer.

X. H. GOODNOUGH, C.E., Chief Engineer, Room 139,

STATE HOUSE,

BOSTON.

BOSTON.

T. M. DROWN, M.D., Consulling Chemist.
WILLIAM T. SEDGWICK, PH.D., Consulting Biologist
(Mass. Institute of Technology),
ELLEN H. RICHARDS, S.B., Consulting Water Analyst.
H. W. CLARK, Chemist (in charge of Experiment Station), LAWRENCE
THEOBALD SMITH, M.D., Pathologist (Bussey Institu-

tion),

WORCESTER,

501 STATE HOUSE, BOSTON.

CHARLES P. WORCESTER, M.D., Analyst of Food and
Drugs,

Standing Committees of the Board.

ELECTED JUNE, 1896.

On Finance. - Messrs MEAD, WALCOTT and HULL.

On Water Supply and Sewerage. Messrs. MILLS, WALCOTT, HULL, DRAPER and TOBEY.

On Public Institutions. – Messrs. PORTER, WALCOTT, MILLS and DRAPER. On Food and Drugs. - Messrs. WALCOTT, DRAPER and PORTER.

On Legislation and Legal Proceedings.- Messrs. TOBEY, MEAD and HULL. On Health of Towns and Correspondence with Local Boards of Health.— Messrs. DRAPER, MILLS and MEAD.

On Contagious Diseases.

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- Messrs. WALCOTT, DRAPER and PORTER

On Publications. - Messrs. WALCOTT, HULL and DRAPER.

On Registration of Vital Statistics. - Messrs. DRAPER, WALCOTT and PORTER.

A digest of the power and duties of the State Board of Health is published in this Manual (page 187).