1989.004.023

“The following report comprises the general work of the State Board of Health for the year ending Sept. 30, 1890, together with certain papers upon special topics of sanitary importance. The report embraces the following subjects:
1.General Reports
2.Water Supply and Sewerage
Advice to Cities and Towns
3. Examination of Water Supplies and Purification of Sewage and Water by Filtration
4. Suggestions as to the selection of Sources of Water Supply
5. Report upon Food and Drug Inspection
General Report
Dr. Harrington’s Report (Food)
Dr. Davenport’s Report (Food)
Dr. Davenport’s Report (Milk)
Dr. Worcester’s Report (Milk)
Prof. Goessmann’s Report (Milk)
Dr. Davenport’s Report (Drugs)
6. Summary of Weekly Mortality Reports
7. The Growth of Children, studied by Galton’s Method of Percentile Grades
8. Typhoid Fever in its relation to Water Supplies
9. Health of Towns
10. Index"
This book contains a fold out map of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts entitled "State Board of Health Map of the State of Massachusetts Showing Normal Chlorine"
Note: Additional reporting of the Lawrence Experiment Station in 1904 can be found in "The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts" (2003.005.036).