Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Wisconsin for the Year Ending ..., Volume 16

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Wisconsin State Board of Health, 1897
1902/04- include also reports on the vital statistics of the state. From 1906/08- these rports are compiled by the State Bureau of Vita Statistics.
 

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Page 85 - Should this proposition be approved of, it should be immediately made known to us, as the season is now coming on, at which some of the preparations must be made. The time of execution, I think, should be at the time of the breaking up of the ice in the Wabash, and before the lakes open. The interval, I am told, is considerable. I have the honor to be, &c., your most obedient and humble servant.
Page 11 - ... a strong coffin or casket encased in a hermetically sealed (soldered) zinc, copper, or tin case, and all enclosed in a strong outside wooden box of material not less than one inch thick. In all cases the outside box must be provided with four iron chest handles.
Page 91 - Valley," extends from the sources of the Mississippi in the north, to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and from the Alleghany mountains on the east to the Rocky mountains on the west.
Page 13 - No parent, guardian or other person, having charge or control of any child or children, shall allow or permit any such child or children to go from any house or building infected with...
Page 12 - ... not be accepted for transportation unless said removal has been approved by the State Board of Health, and the consent of the health authority of the locality to which the corpse is consigned, has...
Page 14 - Health, and shall be burled or incinerated within twenty-four (24) hours after death. The removal of bodies for burial or Incineration from place of death of those who have died .of Asiatic Cholera (cholerine), Yellow Fever, Small Pox, or Bubonic Plague, shall take place between the hours of 9 pm and 5 am Rule 10.
Page 11 - Fever, Typhoid Fever, Erysipelas, Measles and other contagious, infectious or communicable diseases must be wrapped in a sheet thoroughly saturated with a strong solution of bi-chloride of mercury, in the proportion of one ounce of bi-chloride of mercury to a gallon of water; and encased in an air-tight zinc, tin, copper or lead [lined] coffin, or.
Page 12 - State; when encased in a sound coffin or metallic case, and inclosed in a strong wooden box, securely fastened so it may be safely handled. But when it is proposed to transport them out of the State...
Page 41 - ANNUAL REPORT RELATING TO THE REGISTRY AND RETURN OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS IN MICHIGAN FOR THE YEAR 1874. By the Superintendent of Vital Statistics, under the general direction of the Secretary of State.
Page 11 - ... hermetically sealed, and all enclosed in a strong, tight wooden box ; or the body...

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