The State Board of Health and a quarter century of public-health work in Michigan / by Theo. R. MacClure.

  • MacClure (Theodore R.). 1869-
Date:
[1898]
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Credit: The State Board of Health and a quarter century of public-health work in Michigan / by Theo. R. MacClure. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    of Dr. George E. Ranney of Lansing, may be mentioned that for many years, while small-pox was still an enemy frequently present, he was an agent to aid the Board in securing promptly for each threatened locality reliable and safe vaccine virus. He has written papers and atended sanitary conventions at his own expense; and. In recent years, he has several time represented the Board as State com- municable disease inspector, investigating and aiding localities in the restriction of dangerous diseases. He was one of the lirst, in the early history of public-health work, to call attention to the relation of typhoid fever to low water in wells. Publications of the Board. During t ho quarter of a century, the Board has published twenty-five annual reports; numerous supplements to the annual reports, many of which are the pamphlet proceedings of forty-five sanitary conventions held under the auspices of the Board; papers on such subjects as the restriction and prevention of each of the dangerous communicable diseases, ventilation, sewerage, drainage, water supply, illuminating oils, poisonous foods. Infant mortality, cholera infantum, dis- infection. school hygiene, coroner and coroners’ inquests, meteorology, rabies, glanders and many other subjects relating directly or indirectly to public-health work. , A list of these papers may be found in an alphabetical index, Reprint No. 522. These pamphlet publications of the Board and even the annual reports are sent gratis to those believed to be sutiiciently interested in pijblic-healtli work to appre- ciate them, also in exchange for valuable publications from different parts of the world. In addition to these pamphlets and bound publications, the Board has for many years issued circulars or leaflets on the “Restriction tvnd ITevention” of each of the dangerous communicable diseases—one each on diphtheria, scarlet fever, small-pox, measles, whooping-cough, typhoid fever, etc. Fifty or sixty thousand copies of some of the leaflets have been printed and distributed about the State with a view to educating the peo$e how dangerous diseases are spread and how they can best be prevented or restricted. It is not difficult to understand why the Slate Board of Health Office has been dubbed the “State Literary Bureau”; rightly has it been so characterized. It is a literary bureau of which the State may be proud. May the good work go on and may the State Board continue to spread its literature where it will do good. The State Board of Health Library and its Card Catalogue. During its existence, by purchase, and especially by exchange or gift, the State Board of Health lias collected together some eleven thousand pamphlets and bound volumes which comprise a very valuable sanitary library. 4 lie accessions include files of most of the leading medical and sanitary' journals of the world. The library has been very valuable for reference in connection with the pre-