Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Maine, Volume 2The Board, 1887 |
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Page 263 - The board shall have authority to make such rules and regulations and such sanitary investigations as they may from time to time deem necessary for the preservation and improvement of the public health, and they are empowered to regulate the transportation of the remains of deceased persons.
Page 271 - Authority shall be of opinion, upon the certificate of any legally qualified medical practitioner, that the cleansing and disinfecting of any house or part thereof, and of any articles therein likely to retain infection, would tend to prevent or check infectious or contagious disease, it shall be the duty of the Nuisance Authority to give notice in writing requiring the owner or occupier...
Page 11 - They may, subject to the provisions of the sanitary code, prohibit and prevent all intercourse and communication with or use of infected premises, places and things, and require, and if necessary, provide the means for the thorough purification and cleansing of the same before general intercourse with the same or use thereof shall be allowed.
Page 55 - ... the root of the tongue. Before natural breathing is fully restored, do not let the patient lie on his back unless some person holds the tongue forward. The tongue, by falling back, may close the windpipe and cause fatal choking. If several persons are present, one may hold the head steady, keeping the neck nearly straight ; others may remove wet clothing, replacing at once clothing which is dry and warm ; they may also chafe the limbs, and thus promote the circulation. Prevent friends from crowding...
Page 13 - No person shall give, lend, transmit, sell or expose any bedding, clothing or other article likely to convey any of the above diseases, without having first taken such precautions as the local board of health may direct as necessary for removing all danger of communicating any such disease to others.
Page 10 - State, at least once in each year, to report to the State Board of Health their proceedings, and such other facts required, on blanks and in accordance with instructions received from said State Board. They shall also make special reports whenever required to do so by the State Board of Health.
Page 11 - Where any local authority are of opinion, on the certificate of their medical officer of health or of any other legally qualified medical practitioner, that the cleansing and disinfecting of any house or part thereof, and of any articles therein likely to retain infection, would tend to prevent or check infectious disease, it shall be the duty of such...
Page 269 - ... to be recovered by civil action in the name of the State before any court having jurisdiction. SEC. 19. The board, when satisfied upon due examination that any cellar, room...
Page 166 - Dr. Henry B. Baker, Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Health, a...
Page 53 - ... and give the body a smart jerk to remove mucus from the throat and water from the windpipe : hold the body suspended long enough to slowly count ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, — repeating the jerk more gently two or three times. RULE 2.