FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

OF

MASSACHUSETTS.

JANUARY, 1874.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS,

CORNER OF MILK AND FEDERAL STREETS.

1874.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

H. I. BOWDITCH, OF BOSTON, Chairman.

J. C. HOADLEY, OF LAWRENCE.

DAVID L. WEBSTER, of Boston.

RICHARD FROTHINGHAM, OF BOSTON.

R. T. DAVIS, OF FALL RIVER.

T. B. NEWHALL, OF LYNN.

GEORGE DERBY, OF BOSTON, Secretary.