WINDHAM. Members of the board: Dr. I D Harper, Secretary; Dr. A. N. Witham, Chairman; C. A. Nichols. Three nuisances were removed. We have had three cases of diphtheria, and three cases of typhoid fever with one death. Whooping cough was prevalent, and la grippe affected the majority of the people. One school was closed one week on account of whooping cough. A man was killed in the pulp mill at South Windham. One cow died of tuberculosis. WINN. Members of the board: A. L Hall, Secretary; W. F. Lovejoy, Chairman; Jas. Rice; Dr. F. W. Merrill, Health Officer. There have been no cases of the infectious diseases. Pneumonia was prevalent. WINSLOW. Members of the board: J. W. Bassett, Secretary; B. F. Towne, Chairman; Geo. S. Lernerd. One nuisance was removed. We have had no cases of contagious diseases. WINTERPORT. Members of the board: Dr. C. F. Atwood, Secretary; John R. Carleton, Chairman; Dr. A. R. Fellows. Diphtheria, three cases, two houses. The houses were placarded, State Board literature was circulated in the neighborhood, communication was prohibited, and scholars from the infected houses kept home from school. The experience of our board has not suggested any changes which ought to be made in the health laws of the State, but we would insist that the present law be rigidly, but carefully enforced. WINTHROP. Members of the board: Dr. C. A. Cochrane, Secretary and Health Officer; C. A. Wing, Chairman; G. R Smith. Three nuisances were removed. We have had no cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever or typhoid fever. Measles and whooping cough have been prevalent. Better drainage is needed in some portions of the village. WISCASSET Members of the board: W. F. Merrill, Secretary; J. G. Somes, Chairman; Dr. B. R. Brown, member and Health Officer. Two nuisances were removed. Two fatal cases of diphtheria occurred in one house. A system of sewerage and water works are needed. WOODLAND. Members of the board: R. W. Withee, Secretary; D. A. Snowman, Chairman; A. J. Johnson. We have had no cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever or typhoid fever. The year has been noted for its healthfulness. Members of the board: Andrews, Chairman; A. L WOODSTOCK. Dr. C. B. Rankin, Secretary; Isaac One nuisance was removed. Two cases of typhoid fever occurred in one house. Whooping cough has prevailed extensively. There have been more accidents than for many years before, but only one of them resulted fatally, that a gunshot wound at the base of the brain in a boy fifteen years old. YARMOUTH. Members of the board: R. Harding, Secretary; Dr. W. W. Thomas, Chairman; Charles T. Grant. We have laid 1,175 linear feet of fifteen inch vitrified stone drain pipe on Main street. This empties into Mr. George W. Hammond's sewer pipe starting from Main street and running into Royal river. Seven nuisances were abated. Diphtheria, eight cases, five deaths, two houses; scarlet fever, two cases, no deaths, one house; typhoid fever, four cases, two deaths, three houses. On receipt of a notice from the attending physician I have immediately visited the house, inspected the premises, and carried out the instructions of the State Board of Health as set forth in their blanks and circulars. YORK. Members of the board: Dr. W. L. Hawkes, Secretary and Health Officer; G. W. S. Putnam, Chairman; Frank Ellis. Five artesian wells have been drilled for water supply. Four nuisances were removed. We have had no cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever or typhoid fever, but one case of typhoid pneumonia occurred. Orders and By-Laws of Local Boards of Health, or Extracts from Them. PORTLAND. Orders of the board of health of the city of Portland, Maine. Approved by William Wirt Virgin, one of the justices of the Supreme Judical Court. 1. On and after the first day of June, 1887, no person shall be allowed to construct any privy vault, cess-pool, or any other receptacle or conductor for drainage, for filth of any kind, within any locality within the city limits, where access can be had for drainage to a public sewer. When, upon proper complaint made in writing to the board of health, any privy vault, cess-pool, receptacle or conductor constructed and maintained prior to the adoption of these orders, shall, after careful and thorough investigation, be adjudged by the board of health to constitute a nuisance or a source of danger to the public health, such privy vault, cess-pool, receptacle or conductor, shall forthwith be discontinued and abolished, when the premises upon which said nuisance exists can be connected with a public sewer. When such nuisances exist in localities unprovided with proper street sewers, such disposition shall be made of them as the board of health may determine. 2. Whenever any reasonable complaint is made regarding the keeping of any swine within the city limits, the Inspector shall order said swine to be removed. 3. Any accumulation of refuse matter, such as swill, waste of meat, fish or shells, bones, decayed vegetables, dead carcasses, excrement, or any kind of offal which may decompose and generate disease germs or unhealthy gases, and thus affect the purity of the air in the immediate vicinity of any dwelling house or place of business, shall be considered a nuisance, and must be removed or disposed of either by burial, burning or otherwise, and in such manner that it may not be offensive to the neighborhood wherever located. 4. No diseased animal or its flesh, and no decayed meat, fish, vegetables or fruit, or impure or adulterated milk nor any impure or adulterated articles used as food, shall be sold or offered for sale as food. Chapter 123, Public Laws of 1887. SECT. 26. Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this act or of said regulations and by-laws the penalty for which is not herein specifically provided for-and any person who shall willfully interfere with any person or thing to prevent the execution of the provisions of this act or of said regulations and by-laws, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not more than fifty dollars. Adopted May 20, 1887. Order of the board of Health of the City of Portland, Me. Adopted Sept. 25th, 1890. Approved by Wm. Wirt Virgin, Justice of the Supreme Court, October 3, 1890. All shops, stores or buildings used, occupied or let for the purpose of manufacture or trade, shall be furnished with suitable and sufficient water closets and urinals, which in respect to their construction and supply of water shall be satisfactory to the board of health; and any person or persons who shall use, occupy or let any building or tenement in which trade or manufactures are carried on, and shall not furnish the same with suitable and sufficient water closets and urinals satisfactory to the board of health, shall be subject to a penalty of five dollars for each offense, and five dollars additional for each month that the offense shall be allowed to continue. AUBURN. Be it ordained by the mayor, aldermen and common council of the city of Auburn, as follows: That Chapter VIII, of the Revised Ordinances be amended by adding thereto the following section, viz: SECT. 14. Wherever there is an adequate public sewer or drain built or maintained by the city of Auburn in any of the streets, alleys or lanes thereof, if the Board of Health, or a majority |