Sanitary survey of the state / [Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives].

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[1849]
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    ?? I £ II % 2 Is l *K) 7 ^ hi,. REG •D. tfUv~ HOUSE....No. 66. I 8 ft !) SANITARY SURVEY OF THE STATE eowmoutocaltlj of JHassacljttscttaL House of Representatives, March 3, 1S49. The Joint Special Committee, to whom were referred the Memo- rials of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and the American Statistical Association, and various other memorials and peti- tions, for a sanitary survey of the State, have considered the same, and present the following REPORT: The Committee regard the subject as one of very great im- portance, and as deserving the attentive consideration of the Legislature. It is intimately connected with the subject of the registration of births, marriages, and deaths; and depends, in some degree, for its illustrations, upon the facts which such reg- istration might furnish. We have already presented, somewhat at length, our views upon that subject, and many of the facts and arguments there stated in favor of registration, may be con- sidered as applicable to a sanitary survey. Whatever shows the value and importance of one, may also show the value and importance of the other. The subject is also treated with much