COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Supplement to the Annual Report of the State Board of Health for the Year 1889.

[No. 330.]

LANSING, MICH.:
DARIUS D. THORP, STATE PRINTER AND BINDER.

1889.

لے

1

I

(An idea of the scope of the public health laws of Michigan may be gained by an exam-

ination of this table of contents.)

PAGES.

INTRODUCTORY AND EXPLANATORY REMARKS.

vi

LAWS:-

I. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH...

1-5

Organization..

1-3

Local Boards to report to...

State officers and others to furnish information to.

To collect and disseminate information....

3-4

To examine plans for some public buildings...

Prevention of the introduction and spread of cholera and other dangerous com-

municable diseases..

4-5

II. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH

5-34

Organization, powers and duties

5-7

Must appoint a health officer....

7-8

Local officers must report to State Board.

8

Abatement of nuisances and causes of sickness

8-13

Regulation of offensive trades..

11-12

Communicable diseases...

13-21

Quarantine...

21-22

Safety of persons in public buildings..

22-27

Cemeteries, burial and other disposal of the dead

27-31

Forwarding Dead Bodies for Dissection.......

31-34

III. CITIES AND VILLAGES : SANITARY PROVISIONS IN THE GENERAL LAWS FOR THEIR

INCORPORATION

34-57

Cities....

34-48

Villages..

48-57

IV. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE..

57-63

Drainage of Swamps, Marshes and other Low Lands..

57-62

Sewers as Public Improvements in Cities and Villages..

63

V. Food, DRINKS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, ETC....-

63-82

Protection of Fish and Fisheries....

63-64

Diseased Meat and Contagious Diseases in Cattle, Sheep and other Animals. 64-69

Sale of Diseased, Corrupted, or Unwholesome Provisions....

69

Adulteration of Foods, Drinks, Drugs or Medicines, and Sale thereof when Adul-
terated...

69-73

Adulteration of Alcoholic Liquors, Sale thereof when Adulterated.

73

Adulteration and Sale of Milk, Cheese and Butter.....

74-78
Sale and Use of Oleomargerine and other Substances resembling Butter.

78-79

Manufacture and Inspection of Salt....

79-80

Prescribing Poisons, Drugs, or Medicines when Intoxicated.

80

Sale of Poisons....

80-81

Advertisement and Sale of Drugs to Produce Abortion, etc...

81-82

Poisoning of Food, Drink, Medicines, Springs, Wells, etc...

82

:

29408