Manual for the use of boards of health of Massachusetts : containing the statutes relating to the public health, the medical examiner laws, the laws relating to the registration of vital statistics, and the decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relating to the same / prepared by direction of the State Board of Health.

  • Massachusetts.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual for the use of boards of health of Massachusetts : containing the statutes relating to the public health, the medical examiner laws, the laws relating to the registration of vital statistics, and the decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relating to the same / prepared by direction of the State Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Seal. Page Imitating or tampering with, prohibited 110 Search Warrants. For unwholesome food 134 Secretary of Commonwealth. To furnish blank books for recording infectious diseases .... 36 Secretary of State Board of Health. To be elected by board 13 Duties of .13 Not to be a member ex officio of board 13 Board may elect secretary pro tempore 13 To transmit copy of notice of cases of small-pox to state board of lunacy and charity 37 To supply a description of hydrophobia to city and town clerks . . 51 To direct the inspection of food and drugs 138 To direct the analysis of food and drugs 138 To deliver samples to analysts 139 To receive reports of analysts 140 To deliver portion of reserved sample to defendant or his attorney . . 140 To submit cases for prosecution 140 To receive deposit in disputed cases 141 To receive appeal from decision of analyst 141 To receive and report on standard of strength 141 Seizure. Of provisions . 132 Sewage Disposal. Sewage not to be discharged into water supply 63 State board of health to conduct experiments relative to sewage disposal, 67 To consult with and advise certain persons and manufacturing corpora- tions as to sewage disposal 67 Outlines of plans of sewage disposal to be submitted to state board of health 67 Legal definition of sewage . 68 Cities and towns may purchase land for sewage disposal with approval of state board of health 70 Sewerage. State board of health to consult with and advise authorities of cities and towns as to systems of sewerage 67 Petitions to legislature as to systems of sewerage to be accompanied with advice of state board 67 Sewees. City boards of health may prepare and enforce regulations relative to . 19 Town board of health may be authorized to regulate connection of houses with sewers 20 Vaults not to be established without authority on streets having sewers, under certain conditions 20 Buildings to be connected with sewer when required by board of health . 21 Cities and towns may contract with other cities and towns to build sewers, 64 State board of health to recommend legislation and plans for systems of sewers 66 Skimmed Milk. Vessels or cans to be marked when used for sale of 118 Standard of 118