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McIlvain, M. D., J. C., of Lamont, Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevail-
ing Diseases, 1876.

Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months..
McLouth, Prof. L., of Ypsilanti, Statement of Meteorological Registers, Sent
by..

PAGE.

191

.396-342

xiii

MacCormac, Dr., of Belfast, Communication by, on Paddling Water, quoted..140-142
Margaret, "the Mother of Criminals".

9

165
..328-342
.371, 434

.88, 89, 308-311, 354, 364

Maiden, M. D., Wm. P., of Alpena, Replies to Circular on Water-Supply.
Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months..
Manchester, Relative to, Communications from, etc....
Manistee, Relative to, Communications from, etc.....

Marquette, Relative to, Communications from, etc... .......lxxii, 62, 88, 89, 125, 155, 172
174, 180, 182, 187-188, 296-342, 348-349.

Marsh, M. D., W. R., of Bay City, Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevail-
ing Diseases, 1876.

-201-202

Replies to Circular 17, relative to Scarlet Fever..

Replies to Circular on Healthful Dwellings.

Marshall, M. D., O., of North Lansing, replies to Circular on Baths and Bath-
ing.

.421-422

125

63

Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevailing Discases, 1876.

.197-199

Replies to Letter of Inquiry relative to Diphtheria.

358-359

Replies to Circular 17, relative to Scarlet Fever....

.414-416

Report of Cases of Typhoid Fever near Overflowing Privy-vault.
Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months...

lxviii

296-342

Marshall, Calhoun Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc. 173, 175, 181, 218, 297–
331, 368-369.

Marshes, Swamps, and Millponds to be Avoided in Location of Dwellings.51, 52,
Martin, A. C., of Boston, on School Ventilation....

57-66

94

Martin, Mrs. A. C., on Danger to Health of Girls from imperfect early train-
ing.

95-96

Mason, M. D., W. F., Berrien Springs, Replies to Circular on Water-Supply.. 155
Mattawan, Van Buren Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc. 173, 182, 209, 321-
343, 398, 430.

Mattison, Branch Co., Relative to Small-pox in..
Maudsley, Dr., Quotations from....

305.

8

Maxim, "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body,” quoted.......

.101, 129

Mayor and Aldermen of Cities to Constitute Bd. of Health, General Law...xxi, xxxi
Mayors of Cities, etc., Circular 20 to, Transmitting Blank for Return of Name,
etc., of Health Officer..

Mayors of Cities, Circular to, relative to Distribution of Fourth Annual Re-
port of this Board.

xxi-xxii

.xxvii, xxviii

Report on Labelling, by Prof. R. C. Kedzie..

Meetings of this Board..

Meetings of This Board, By-law as to.

Members of this Board, Present at Quarterly Meetings..

.lvi-lvii, lix, lxi, lxxiii

Memory, Marked Power and Peculiarities of, Transmitted.
not to be trusted in Determining Medicines..

7

26

Measles, Compilation of Weekly Reports of..

in Alleyton, Newaygo Co., Report by G. J. Ambrose, Clerk..

in Grant Township, Keweenaw Co., Report by R. H. Reed, M. D., H. O...
in Mich. in 1876, Summary of Replies concerning.

Medical Examiners to Take the Place of Coroner's Jury in Mass..

Medical Inspector of Public Schools, proposition to appoint, in Boston...
Medicines, Appearance, Position of Bottle, etc., not to be Trusted in Deter-
mining.

Identification of, Not to be Trusted to Memory.

not Labelled, Cases of Poisoning from...

not Labelled, Great Number of Persons Poisoned by.

not Labelled should not be Kept in the House...

Rules for Avoiding Accidents in Use of..

Members of This Board, Names and Postoffice addresses of..

.liv, lvi, lviii, lx

Memorial to Legislature and Resolutions, by This Board, relative to Illumi-
nating Oils.

Mendon, Relative to, Communications from, etc., xiii, xli, 62, 124, 173, 175, 181, 183,
184, 218-221, 297-343, 354, 371-372, 399, 435-436.

-248-249, 254-343

331

327

176

93

93-94

23

26

23-26

23

24

21-26

26

.viii, liv-lxiii
.viii, liv
vii

at Thornville.

Mental Disease Hereditary.

Mental Relaxation, Sanitary Influence of.

Metamora, Lapeer Co.. Relative to Diseases in, in 1876..
Meteorological Conditions, Sec. of This Board Directed to Prepare a Yearly
Statement of

PAGE.

33

.205-207

lvii

Meteorological Data, Comparison of, with Reports of Diseases xxiii, xxv, 169, 170,
172-175, 177, 179, 187-236, 244, 245, 247, 248-249, 395, 401, 406, 408-445.

Meteorological Instruments Distributed by This Board in Fiscal Year 1877... xxiii
Meteorological Table by Months, 1876, at Allegan.......

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Meteorological Observations for this Board.

Meteorological Reports, Study of, in Office of this Board.

209

214

228

190

187

207

.xii-xiii, xxiii

xxiii

Michigan and Ohio Inspection of Illuminating Oil, Differences Explained..
Michigan Oil Tester, Conditions of, Similar to Those of a Lamp..
Midland County, Relative to diseases in, in 1876..

78-79

78-79

202-203

Milford, Oakland Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc., 62, 173, 175, 184, 228–230,
235-236, 301-343, 399, 440-442.

Military Drill As a Recreation.

Milk, Composition of Different Kinds of.

41

103

of Cows Affected with Consumption Often a Cause of Death in Children..
Mills, M. D., H. R., of Port Huron, Mich., Replies to Letter of Inquiry Relative
to Diphtheria....

lxii

377

Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months.

.296-342

Millponds, Swamps, and Marshes to be Avoided in Location of Dwellings, 51, 52, 57-66
Mineral Baths, Effects of...

118-119

Mineral Springs, Composition of Water of, at Adrian, Ann Arbor, Detroit,
Eaton Rapids, Fruitport, Grand Rapids, Hubbardston, Lansing, Leslie,
Mount Clemens, Owosso, and St. Louis, Michigan....

Mitchell, M. D., David, of Otsego, Communication from, Relative to Tri-
chiniasis..

.128-129

..lxxii-lxxiii

Monroe, Mich., Relative to, Communications from, etc., xiii, xli, 297-343, 348, 349, 366,
374.

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Mortality, Excessive Among Children, Caused by Syphilis.

From Rickets, Great in Great Britain..

11

12

Mount Clemens, Analysis of Water from Mineral Spring at.

129

Mumps at Muskegon, Statement by John Tatman, Health Officer.
Mungerville, Shiawassee Co., Scarlet Fever at..

309

200

Music, Influence of, on Health..

42-43

Muskegon, Mich., Relative to, Communications from, etc..

.88, 89, 309

Myopia (Short-sightedness), Increase of, among Intellectual People..
In Schools..

7

6

in England and Germany.

6

Myron, Thomas, Clerk of Grant, St. Clair Co., Report of Cases of Scarlet
Fever, etc....

lxxi

N.

Name, etc., of Health Officer, Must be Returned to This Board,..........xx,xxi, xxii, xxxiv
Names, Family, Show Power of Heredity.

5

Naphtha, Explosion of a Lamp Filled with..

90

Naphtha and Gasoline Burn More Readily, but are much more Dangerous

than Kerosene.

75

Naphtha, Bad Effect of, on Illuminating Quality of Kerosene.

73

Naphtha, Kerosene, etc., Density of...

73

Nash, M. D., Alfred, of Lapeer, Communication from, concerning Scarlet Fever, lxxii,
364-365.

Replies to Circular on Baths and Bathing.

124

Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevailing Diseases, 1876.
Replies to Letter of Inquiry, Relative to Diphtheria..

203-204
364-365

Replies to Circular 17, Relative to Scarlet Fever.
Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months...
Nashville, Mich., Relative to, Communications from, etc...
Near-Sightedness, Connection of, with Study.

PAGE.
423-424
296-342

.354, 373-374

94

Neglect by City Authorities, a Cause of Prevalence of Small-pox in Detroit.. 107
Neuralgia, Compilation of Weekly Reports of, 298, 302, 306, 307, 315, 318, 319, 322, 326,
327, 330, 334, 338, 339, 342, 343.

Newcomb, M. D., D. E., Health Officer of Ash Township, Report of Cases of
Typhoid Fever and Diphtheria...

lxviii

Nicholson, M. D., A. W., of Otisville, Replies to Circular on Baths and
Bathing..

125

Replies to Circular on Healthful Dwellings.

63

Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevailing Diseases, 1876.

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Niles, M. D., C. W., of Calumet, Mich., Communication from, relative to Scar-
let Fever..

lxxii

Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months..

308-326

Niles, Mich., Relative to, Communications from, etc.,...

..xiii, xli, 88, 89, 313-339

Nims, M. D., Dwight, Jackson, Replies to Circular 7, on Water-Supply.
Nirvana, Lake Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc...
Noble, Branch Co., Report of Cases of Measles in...
Normal School, State, Ypsilanti, Meteorological Registers Received from..
North Lansing, Relative to, Communications from, etc., lxviii, 63, 125, 172, 174, 184,
197-199, 296-342, 354, 358-359, 398, 414-416.

.148-149

.xiii, xli

lxix

xiii

Northrop, M. D., Geo. J., of Marquette, Replies to Circular on Baths and
Bathing..

125

Replies to Circular on Healthful Dwellings.

62

Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevailing Diseases, 1876.
Replies to Circular on Water-Supply....

.187-188

155

Replies to Letter relative to Erysipelas and Puerperal Fever.
Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months..
Northup, M. D., M., of Port Huron, Concerning Consumption.

.348-349

304-322

309

Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevailing Diseases, 1876.
Replies to Circular on Water-supply...

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Relative to, Communications from, etc....125, 173, 175, 230-231, 297-343, 354, 356-357
Novi, Oakland Co., Relative to Diseases in, in 1876..
Nurses and Attendants of Scarlet Fever Patients, Cleanliness of, How Secured XXX
Should be isolated.....

230-231

XXX, 404-447

Nursing Bottles, preferable to Spoons or Cups, Care of, etc.,..
Nutrition Perverted by Intemperance, Inheritable..

104
12,13

0.

Oakland, Oakland Co., Relative to Diphtheria at, etc..

381

Oakley, M. D., F. M., of York, Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months, 325-343
Oath, Official, Should be Taken by Health Officers, and Filed with Clerk, xix, xxii
xxxiv, xxxvi.

Observers, Meteorological, for this Board, Equipment of..

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Observers of Diseases. Printed Letter to, Asking for Missing Reports.

Printed Letter to, stating Plan of Weekly Reports..

Who are Called Such..

Weekly Reports, Number, by Months, and by Divisions of the State.

Office-work of this Board.

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Ohio and Michigan Inspection of Oil, Differences Explained.
Oil Casks, Empty, Penalty for Selling Before Removing the Brand.

Dils Rejected for Illuminating Purposes, Law Against Selling for Such Purpose

XXV
240-243

XXV

250, 251

xi, liv
78-79

82

81

PAGE.

Oldfield, M. D., A. M., of Lexington, Replies to Circular on Healthful Dwellings
Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevailing Diseases, 1876..
Replies to Circular on Water-supply..

62

204

162

424

194

125

Replies to Circular 17, Relative to Scarlet Fever...
Olive, Clinton Co., Relative to Death of Horses in.

Ottawa, Replies from, Relative to Baths and Bathing..

Otisville, Genesee Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc., xiii, xli, lx, 63, 125,
157-158, 172, 174, 180, 182, 184, 199-200, 320-342, 398, 417-419.

Otsego, Allegan Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc. lvii, lxxii-lxxiii, 63, 125,
173, 174, 180, 184, 210, 297-343, 398, 430–431.

Outdoor Recreations..

Ovid Register, Case of Poisoning Quoted from..

..33, 35-42
25-26

Ovid, Clinton Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc. 125, 151–152, 166, 172, 174,
180, 182, 200, 300-342.

Owosso, Shiawassee Co., Relative to, Communications from, etc....88, 89, 129, 308-310
Oxalic Acid, Mistaken for Epsom Salts....

24

Ozone, Germicide Power of, Prevention of Scarlet Fever, by.

428

P.

Packard, M. D., N. I., of Sturgis, Mich., Replies to Letter of Inquiry relative
to Diphtheria..

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Padfield, M. D., A. L., of St. Clair, Replies to Circular on Healthful Dwellings
Replies to Letter of Inquiry relative to Diphtheria...
Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months..

64

365-366

313-315

Replies to Circular on Baths and Bathing.

Palmer, M. D., E. N., of Brooklyn, Mich., Meteorological table for 1876, fur-
nished by.

Palmer, D. W., Clerk of Bridgewater, Washtenaw Co., Report of Outbreak of
Typhoid Fever, by..

..lxvi-lxvii

214

121

Replies to Circular on Healthful Dwellings.

Replies to Circular 15, Relative to Prevailing Diseases, 1876.

Replies to Circular on Water-Supply....

Replies to Letter of Inquiry relative to Diphtheria.

Replies to Circular 17, relative to Scarlet Fever.

Weekly Reports of Diseases, Compiled by Months

Palmer, M. D., Geo. C., on Use of Bath at Mich. Asylum for Insane.

58

213-214

.153-154

.370-371

.433-434

305-343

.127-128

Papers and Articles in this Volume, Enumeration and Classification of.
Paper, Stationery, etc., Used by this Board, Fiscal Year 1877...

vii

lii-liii

Paraffine and Naphtha, Why Added to, or not Always Removed from, Ker-

osene

73

Paraffine, Bad Effect of, on Illuminating Quality of Kerosene.
Paraffine Lessens the Capillarity of Kerosene.

74-75

75

Paris Green, Case of Fatal Poisoning by, Reported by Dr. J. H. Beech of Cold-

water

lvi

Paris, Huron Co., Relative to Small-pox in..

.lx, 313-333

Parker, Hon. LeRoy, Com. on Finance, Endorsement by, on Secretary's Report
of Property, 1877.

liv

Committee on Finances of the Board..

viii

Committee on Legislation in the Interests of Public Health..

viii

Postoffice Address as a Member of this Board....

vii

Passions, Recreations to be Chosen that Least Arouse the..
Pauperism Indicates Exhausted Vitality of Families.

Penal Institutions, Need for Study of Heredity in Management of...

Replies to Circular on Baths and Bathing..

Report of Proceedings of Health Dept. of Am. Social Science Assn....
Parmenter, M. D., Wm., of Vermontville, Reply to Circular on Healthful
Dwellings.....

Pauperism in "Jukes Family".

Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Relative to, Communication from, etc.....

123

91-98

65

44

14, 15

10

.63, 297-343

18

PAGE.

Penalty for Selling Illuminating Oils not Inspected...
Pentwater, Oceana Co., Relative to Inspection of Illuminating Oils at.
Persistence in Efforts to Resuscitate the Drowned, Need for..
Petitions for Lowering Test of Illuminating Oil, Source of..

82

88-89

133-142

79

Petroleum from Butler (Pa.) County, Contains Large Amount of Paraffine...
Petroleum, Process of Refining, and Products of Distillation of..

Petroleum, Where Found...

72

72-73

Phelps, M. D., O. S., Homer, Replies to Circular on Baths and Bathing.
Replies to Circular on Healthful Dwellings...

ខៀ

72

124

Philips, Maj. P. D., concerning Rag Weed as a Cause of Hay Fever.

Physical Education, Benefits of, at Amherst College..

453

Physical Development, Exaggerations of, may Become Disease..

Physicians and Householders to Notify Local Bds. of Health of Cases of Dis-

eases Dangerous to the Public Health...

Physicians, Qualifications of, Proposal for Law concerning.

Sanitary Progress Dependent upon....

Physician, Case in which he may offer to vaccinate..
The Health Officer, where Practicable, Must be a..

Pine Grove, Van Buren Co., Relative to Typhoid Fever in.

lxv
lxix

.379-380, 381

Plan of Weekly Reports of Diseases, Printed Letter to Observers, Stating.

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Poisons, etc., Committee on, Report of, on Labelling Medicines.
Pollution of Streams, Dr. Folsom, of Mass., on..

21-26

452

Pontiac, Relative to, Communications from, etc. lxxii, 164, 297–343, 354, 363, 399, 441,
442-444.

Poor, Gratuitous Surgical Treatment of the...

454

Port Huron, Relative to, Communications from, etc., lxxi, 63–64, 88, 89, 164–165, 172,
174, 182, 204, 296-342, 375, 377, 398, 424-426.

Port Sanilac, Relative to, Communications from, etc., 64, 125, 172, 174, 180, 205, 296–
342, 325, 359.

"Preefficients of a person;" viz., Heredity, Spontaneity, Environment..
President and Common Council of Villages to Constitute Bd. of Health, Gen-
eral Law....

Presidents of Local Bds. of Health, Circular 18, to..

3

.xxi, xxxi
.xix-xx

Presidents of Villages, etc., Circular [20] to, Transmitting Blank for Return
of Name, etc., of Health Officer.

..xxi-xxii

Presidents, Village, Circular to, relative to Distribution of Fourth Annual
Report of This Board...

.xxvii-xxviii

Prevention and Restriction of Scarlet Fever. (See Restriction and Preven-
tion of S. F.)

Prevention and Restriction of Small-pox, Resolution of This Board concern-
ing.

Printed Letter to Observers of Diseases, Asking for Missing Reports.

Stating Plan of Weekly Reports...

..xiv, xxxv, 109

XXV
240-243

Privy-vaults, Necessity for Making, Water-tight.

54

Proceedings of this Board, Abstract of, Fiscal Year 1877.

.liv-lxiii

Property of this Board, Secretary's Report of, Fiscal Year 1877.

xl-liv

Prostitution, Restriction of, by Law, Inquiry as to..

18

Psychical Traits Transmissible..

6

Publication of Papers in Annual Reports of this Board, Resolution concern-
ing.....

iv, vii, x

Public Health and Public Holidays, Rev. Brooke Hereford, on....

454

Public Health, Address on Heredity in its relation to..

1-19

Public Health Laws of Mich., Pamphlet Compilation of, sent to Local Health
Officers....

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Public Health, Dr. E. Harris on Results of State Legislation on.
Public Institutions, Necessity for Conveniences for Recreations in..

.lxi, lxii

44

Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas, Relative to (See Erysipelas and Puer. Fever)345-350
Puerperal Fever, Compilation of Weekly Reports of..
Pulaski, Jackson Co., Relative to Diphtheria in..

-248-249, 254-343
381

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