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Proceedings and Addresses at the Sanitary Convention. Hastings, Mich. 1888.

Proceedings and Addresses at the Sanitary Convention at Manistee, Mich. 1888.

Report of the Proceedings of the State Board of Health of Kentucky. Annual Meeting. Louisville. May 7, 1889.

Third Annual Report of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. 1888. Proceedings of the National Conference of the State Boards of Health for 1888.

EXPENSES OF THE BOARD.

The amount and character of the expenditures of the Board for

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LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH

AND

EXTRACTS FROM THEIR REPORTS.

Аввотт.

Members of the board: A. P. Race, Secretary; Washington W. Delano, Chairman; Charles Foss.

No cases of the infectious diseases have occurred.

ACTON.

Members of the board: O. C. Titcomb, Secretary; C. N. Brackett, Chairman; B. J. Grant.

We had one case of diphtheria.

ADDISON.

Members of the board: Dr. Fred A. Chandler, Secretary ; H. N. Ingersoll, Chairman; U. W. Curtis.

We had three cases of typhoid fever.

ALBANY.

Members of the board: Daniel Clark, Secretary; Otis Hayford, Chairman; W. York.

One nuisance was reported and it was removed.

ALBION.

Members of the board: Dr. C. W. Abbott, Secretary and Health

Officer; Otis Meader, Esq., Chairman; R. L. Baker.

One nuisance was removed and three cases of typhoid fever have occurred, one of which ended fatally.

ALEXANDER.

Members of the board: George B. Berry, Secretary; Jones A. Bohanan, Chairman; C. M. Huff.

The secretary reports that he has been on the watch tower, but there have been no infectious diseases.

ALFRED.

Members of the board: Dr. F. W. Smith, Secretary; S. M. Came, Chairman; Dr. J. F. Day.

ALNA.

Members of the board: Dr. A. M. Card, Secretary; Benj. W. Donald, Chairman; A. B. Erskine.

Four nuisances were reported, all of which were removed. No cases of the infectious diseases were reported.

ALTON.

Members of the board: Dr. A. H. Twitchell, Secretary; Charles Clayton, Chairman; A. J. Hatch.

Ten cases of typhoid fever occurred, two of which were fatal. Three of these cases were brought from the boom house on the river where they had been running logs to another house containing a family of father, mother and seven children. The mother and six children contracted the fever. The fever showed much irregularity in its course and symptoms. My horse and several others in the neighborhood had a disease resembling very much influenza in human subjects.

AMHERST.

Members of the board: Dr. Geo. A. Lord, Secretary; Nathan Sumner, Chairman; Frank Foster.

No cases of the more serious contagious diseases have occurred.

ANDOVER.

Members of the board: Geo. O. Huse, Secretary; Dr. W. W. Barnes, Chairman; Stephen Cabot.

We had one fatal case of typhoid fever.

ANSON.

Members of the board: Reuben Fairbrother, Secretary; Dr. C. M. Wing, Chairman; Byron Hutchins.

About ten nuisances were abated under the direction of the board. We had three cases of scarlet fever, all ending in recovery, and three cases of typhoid fever, one of v hich ended fatally.

APPLETON.

Members of the board: Dr. Frank A. Gushee, Secretary; A. A. Linnekin, Chairman; S. B. Ripley.

Two cases of typhoid fever occurred.

ARGYLE.

Members of the board: J. N. Tracy, Secretary: S. J. Bussell, Chairman; S. L. Freese.

Three nuisances were removed. We have had nine cases of typhoid fever.

ARROWSIC.

Members of the board: J. McFadden, Secretary; T. J. Rairden, Chairman; C. T. Willis.

ASHLAND.

Members of the board: Charles L. Durn, Secretary; Dr. E. A. Duren, Chairman; J. H. Carter.

Seven cases of typhoid fever have occurred.

ATHENS.

Members of the board: Howard C. Taggart, Secretary; Dr. Jas. S. Tobey, Chairman; L. N. Ellingwood.

We have had no cases of the infectious diseases.

Our health

officers are ready and willing to act in case of need, but it has been

quite a healthful year.

AUBURN.

Members of the board: Dr. J. W. Beede, Secretary; H. Lowell, Chairman; Daniel Lara.

AUGUSTA.

Members of the board: Dr. R. J. Martin, Secretary and Health Officer; Dr. J. O. Webster, Chairman; E. R. Bean.

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