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MUSGROVE PRINTING HOUSE, BRISTOL, N. H.

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THE CRAGG BINDERY, CONCORD, N. H.

GOVERNOR FRED H. BROWN, Somersworth.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL IRVING A. HINKLEY, Lancaster.
ROBERT FLETCHER, D. Sc., C. E., President, Hanover.
GEORGE C. WILKINS, M. D., Manchester.

D. E. SULLIVAN, M. D., Concord.
SIBLEY G. MORRILL, M. D., Concord.

SECRETARY

CHARLES DUNCAN, M. D.

STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE

CHARLES DUNCAN, M. D., Director.

CHARLES D. HOWARD, S. B., Chemist. Chief of Division of
Chemistry and Sanitation.

HOWARD N. KINGSFORD, M. D., Pathologist and Bacteriolo-
gist (Hanover).

* CLARA ISRAELI, M. D., Pathologist and Bacteriologist.
JOHN P. HEAD, S. B., Assistant Chemist.

WILLIAM R. McLEOD, Assistant Bacteriologist.

* CHARLES L. POOL, S. B., Sanitary Engineer.

JOSEPH X. DUVAL, Chief Inspector.

HERBERT R. HILL, Assistant Chemist.

BERTHA M. STOHRER, Clerk.

DIVISION OF VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL

CHARLES A. WEAVER, M. D., in Charge.

DIVISION OF MATERNITY, INFANCY AND CHILD

HYGIENE

ELENA M. CROUGH, R. N., in Charge.

HARRIET I. PARKHURST, Chief Clerk, State Board of Health.
BERTHA M. WATSON, Chief Clerk, Dept. Vital Statistics.

* Resigned.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

STATE HOUSE, Concord, N. H., July 1, 1924. To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council:

I have the honor to submit herewith, in accordance with the laws of the State of New Hampshire, the twenty-eighth report of the State Board of Health for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1924.

Respectfully submitted,

CHARLES DUNCAN,
Secretary.

REPORT

Herewith is presented the biennial report of the State Board of Health for the fiscal years, 1923 and 1924. The scope of the work is constantly increasing and it is the aim of the Board to give the citizens of the state the benefit of new discoveries in preventive medicine as far as it is able. It is not the purpose of the Board to become involved in any health work that interferes with the offices and functions of well established agencies, public or private. There is an increasing desire to-day for intensive health work and the public generally is willing to co-operate with the State Board of Health in its efforts along this line.

The State Board of Health has used every available agency to get the story of sanitary living and the management of infectious disease before the people. Each month a Bulletin goes forth with timely information on subjects related to public health work. This Bulletin will be mailed to anyone asking for it. The Board has endeavored in various ways to inform the people of the state of the work of the various departments under the supervision of the State Board of Health in order that the people may avail themselves of the opportunities offered them.

The State Board of Health is cognizant that under the law local health authorities have important and well defined responsibilities regarding public health. It is the purpose of the State Board to remind them of their duties and to give such help and advice as may be necessary. From time-to-time the Board arranges for a meeting of the health officers of the state where questions of great importance to them in their work may be