Manual of the laws relating to the public health : the powers and duties of boards of health, state inspectors of health, medical examiners and others and to the registration of vital statistics : with decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relative thereto / prepared by the Secretary of the State Board of Health.

  • Massachusetts.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Manual of the laws relating to the public health : the powers and duties of boards of health, state inspectors of health, medical examiners and others and to the registration of vital statistics : with decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relative thereto / prepared by the Secretary of the State Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    BY-LAWS OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. Adopted, 1886. 1. The Board shall, on the first Thursday in June in each year, elect by ballot a chairman and a secretary, who shall each hold office for one year and until his successor shall have been chosen. In the absence or disability of the chairman or secretary, a chairman or secretary pro tern, may be chosen, as the Board may determine. 2. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the first Thursday of each month, at such hour as the Board may designate, and, unless otherwise ordered, at the office of the Board. Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman, and shall be called by him upon the request in writing of two members of the Board. 3. At the annual meeting of the Board, or as soon thereafter as may be, the following standing committees shall be chosen by ballot: — A committee on Finance. A committee on Publications. A committee on Water Supply and Sewerage. A committee on Public Institutions. A committee on Food and Drugs. A committee on Legislation and Legal Proceedings. A committee on Health of Towns. A committee on Correspondence with Local Boards of Health. A committee on Contagious Diseases. A committee on Vital Statistics. 4. Four members shall make a quorum for the transaction of business.