Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Rhode Island, for the Year Ending ..., Volume 8E.L. Freeman & Company, printers to the State, 1886 |
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100 females abatement of nuisances Acute diseases attended with unusual Average prevalence beside the town births board of health Bristol County Bronchitis Burrillville CAUSES OF DEATH cent Cerebro Cerebro Spinal cesspools Cholera Infantum city of Newport Croup deaths from consumption Diarrhea Diarrhea and Dysentery Diphtheria diseases have prevailed disinfection domestic animals Dysentery following zymotic diseases foreign parentage Gratuitous vaccination health beside health officer infectious Inflammation and Congestion Kent County large number largely fatal disease legal board Malarial males to 100 marriages Measles mild months Newport City Newport County number of deaths ordinances in abatement Pawtucket percentage pipe Pneumonia population prevailed largely proportion Providence City Providence County public health returns of death Rheumatism Rhode Island sanitary Scarlatina scarlet fever SECTION sewage sewerage Small Pox South Kingstown Sporadic storm water thereof tion town council unusual fatality unusually large prevalence ventilation Washington County whole number Whooping Cough zymotic disease epidemic
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Page 167 - Said returns, after such report is prepared, shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, who shall cause the same to be arranged, full alphabetical indices of all the names to be made, and the whole to be bound in volumes of convenient size and carefully preserved in his office.
Page iv - That any person convicted of a willful violation of any of the provisions of the preceding section shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 163 - In the sick-room we have disease germs at an advantage, for we know where to find them as well as how to kill them. Having this knowledge, not to apply it would be criminal negligence, for our efforts to restrict the extension of infectious diseases must depend largely upon the proper use of disinfectants in the sick room.
Page 149 - ... quit the premises within such time as the board may deem reasonable. If the persons so notified, or any of them, neglect or refuse to comply with the terms of the notice, the board may cause the premises to be properly cleansed at the expense of the owners, or may remove the occupants forcibly and close up the premises, and the same shall not be again occupied as a dwelling-place without the consent in writing of the board. If the owner thereafter occupies or knowingly permits the same to be...
Page 146 - ... and the name and place of business of the seller. Nor shall it be lawful for any person to...
Page 162 - The object of disinfection is to prevent the extension of infectious diseases by destroying the specific infectious material which gives rise to them. This is accomplished by the use of disinfectants. There can be no partial disinfection of such material; either its infecting power is destroyed, or it is not. In the latter case there is a failure to disinfect.
Page 163 - of the same class as that to which disease germs belong, and the agents which destroy the latter also destroy the bacteria of putrefaction when brought in contact with them in sufficient quantity, or restrain their development when present in smaller amounts. A large number of the proprietary
Page 150 - Whoever by himself or by his servant or agent, • or as the servant or agent of any other person...
Page 169 - SEC. 16. The secretary of the state board of health may, from time to time, vary the forms of returns, and require such additional information as he may consider necessary to accomplish the object of this chapter. SEC.
Page 141 - ... with intent to sell or exchange, or exposes or offers for sale or exchange, adulterated milk, or milk to which water or any foreign substance has been added...