FOR THE USE OF

BOARDS OF HEALTH

OF

MASSACHUSETTS,

CONTAINING THE

STATUTES RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH,

THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MEDICAL
EXAMINERS, AND THE REGISTRATION

OF VITAL STATISTICS,

WITH REFERENCES TO THE

DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS ON THE SAME.

PREPARED AT THE DIRECTION OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTII.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

1897.

IN THE

FRANCIS A. COUNTWAY LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

CONTENTS.

PAGE

1. Introduction,

viii

3. General provisions,

2. General powers and duties of the State Board of Health,

1

3

4

10

9. Diseases dangerous to public health; hospitals; infected persons and things;

24

21. Cremation,

14. Hydrophobia,

15. Offensive trades, .

16. Swine-slaughtering associations,

17. Pollution of rivers and sources of water and ice supplies,

19. Cemeteries, burials, tombs, removal and transportation of bodies,.

20. Promotion of anatomical science,

22. Contagious diseases among cattle,

23. Medical societies, degrees or diplomas,

102

24. Color-blindness and defective sight,

102

25. Instruction in physiology and hygiene; alcohol, stimulants and narcotics,

102

26. Sanitary provisions in factories, workshops, school-houses and other public

GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS RELATIVE TO FOOD AND DRUG INSPECTION.

39. Rules and regulations of the State Board relative to food and drug inspection,

159

40. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS,

41. INQUESTS. DUTIES OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS,

42. Summary of powers and duties of the State Board of Health,

43. Index, .

187

203

SAMUEL W. ABBOTT, M.D., Secretary, Room 142, STATE HOUSE, BOSTON. JOSEPH P. DAVIS, C.E, Consulting Engineer.

X. H. GOODNOUGH, C.E., Chief Engineer, Room 139,

BOSTON.

ELLEN H. RICHARDS, S.B., Consulting Water Analyst.
H. W. CLARK, Chemist (in charge of Experiment Station), LAWRENCE
THEOBALD SMITH, M.D., Pathologist (Bussey Institu-

501 STATE HOUSE, BOSTON.

CHARLES P. WORCESTER, M.D., Analyst of Food and
Drugs,

Standing Committees of the Board.

ELECTED JUNE, 1896.

On Finance.- Messrs MEAD, WALCOTT and HULL.

On Water Supply and Sewerage. — Messrs. MILLS, WALCOTT, HULL, DRAPER and TOBEY.

On Public Institutions.

- Messrs. PORTER, WALCOTT, MILLS and DRAPER.

On Food and Drugs.- Messrs. WALCOTT, DRAPER and PORTER.

On Legislation and Legal Proceedings. - Messrs. TOBEY, MEAD and HULL. On Health of Towns and Correspondence with Local Boards of Health.Messrs. DRAPER, MILLS and MEAD.

On Contagious Diseases - Messrs. WALCOTT, DRAPER and PORTER

On Publications. — Messrs. WALCOTT, HULL and DRAPER.

On Registration of Vital Statistics. Messrs. DRAPER, WALCOTT and PORTER.

A digest of the power and duties of the State Board of Health is published in this Manual (page 187).