Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts, 18. köideWright & Potter., 1887 |
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Page xii
... cholera during the past four years on the shores of the Mediterranean , from which districts considera- ble quantities of rags are imported to the United States , attention has again been called to the possibility of infec- tion from ...
... cholera during the past four years on the shores of the Mediterranean , from which districts considera- ble quantities of rags are imported to the United States , attention has again been called to the possibility of infec- tion from ...
Page xiii
... cholera or anthrax has ever been shown conclusively to have been transmitted by rags imported as such from countries outside of the United States . So far as Massachusetts is concerned the term " prolific 1887. ] xiii GENERAL REPORT .
... cholera or anthrax has ever been shown conclusively to have been transmitted by rags imported as such from countries outside of the United States . So far as Massachusetts is concerned the term " prolific 1887. ] xiii GENERAL REPORT .
Page xiv
... cholera was prevalent , were liable to be shipped from any of these ports . But all of the merchants with whom I con- versed assured me that this could never occur , on account of the low price of rags as compared with the cost of land ...
... cholera was prevalent , were liable to be shipped from any of these ports . But all of the merchants with whom I con- versed assured me that this could never occur , on account of the low price of rags as compared with the cost of land ...
Page xvi
... cholera , yellow fever , small - pox or any other infectious disease . This would not be expensive , and certainly would not materially injure the rags . Finally , I would say that I consider it desirable that all old rags should be ...
... cholera , yellow fever , small - pox or any other infectious disease . This would not be expensive , and certainly would not materially injure the rags . Finally , I would say that I consider it desirable that all old rags should be ...
Page xvii
... cholera in Europe to be disinfected by steam before they were baled for shipment . In the absence of any prevailing epidemic I would not treat baled rags differently from other merchandise . If for any reason the health officer at the ...
... cholera in Europe to be disinfected by steam before they were baled for shipment . In the absence of any prevailing epidemic I would not treat baled rags differently from other merchandise . If for any reason the health officer at the ...
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1886 estimated adulterated samples animals appointed bale board of health Boston butter cause cent chap chapter cholera cities and towns city or town clothing commissioners Commonwealth contagious diseases court Death-rate diarrhoeal diseases diphtheria disinfection domestic rags drainage epidemic examined exceeding foreign rags health officer hundred dollars infected infectious diseases inspector land less Lowell malarial fever manufacturing Mass Massachusetts mayor and aldermen measles Merrimack River North Attleborough notice nuisance number of deaths Number of samples offence oleomargarine owner paper mill Percentage of adulterated person physician pollution population port premises present prohibition provisions public health Public Statutes purpose rag-room regulations removed reported River samples received sanitary condition scarlet fever sect selectmen sell sewage sewer sewerage small-pox Solids Stats stream Taunton thereof tion Total deaths Total INSPECTOR'S NUMBER typhoid fever United States Pharmacopoeia vaccination vinegar water supply Whoever
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Page 299 - 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. (2) If, when sold under or by a name not recognized in the United States 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, quality, or purity falls...
Page 293 - 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 324 - 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 300 - If any inferior or cheaper substance or substances have been substituted wholly or in part for it...
Page 324 - 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 321 - No dealer in milk, and no servant or agent of such a dealer, shall sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or possession, with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver...
Page 325 - 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. (7) If it contains any added substance or ingredient which is poisonous or injurious to health.
Page 95 - ... his factory, and conduct his business under such surveillance of officers and agents as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may by regulation require. But the bond required of such manufacturer shall be with sureties satisfactory to the collector of internal revenue, and in a penal sum of not less than...
Page 307 - ... adulterated milk, or milk to which water or any foreign substance has been added...
Page 283 - ... lawfully using the same, or imperil the public health. It shall recommend measures for prevention of the pollution of such waters, and for removal of substances and causes of every kind which may be liable to cause pollution thereof, in order to protect and develop the rights and property of the commonwealth therein, and to protect the public health. It shall have authority to conduct experiments to determine the best practicable methods of purification of drainage or disposal of refuse arising...