OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

OF

NEW YORK.

TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE FEBRUARY 15, 1897.

WYNKOOP HALLENBECK CRAWFORD CO.,

STATE PRINTERS,

NEW YORK AND ALBANY,

1898.

STATE OF NEW YORK.

No. 75.

IN ASSEMBLY,

FEBRUARY 15, 1897.

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

STATE OF NEW YORK:

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,

ALBANY, February 15, 1897.

To the Legislature:

I have the honor to forward herewith the seventeenth annual report of the State Board of Health, the same being for the year ending February 1, 1897, with appendix.

87760

FRANK S. BLACK.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF NEW YORK.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

STATE COMMISSIONERS OF HEALTH, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR and Senate.

HEALTH COMMISSIONERS FROM CITIES, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

ALVAH H. DOTY, M. D., Health Officer of New York Quarantine, Staten Island.