Manual for the use of boards of health of Massachusetts : containing the statutes relating to the public health, the powers and duties of the medical examiners, and the registration of vital statistics : with references to the decisions of the Supreme court of Massachusetts on the same / prepared at the direction of the State board of health.

  • Massachusetts.
Date:
1897
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual for the use of boards of health of Massachusetts : containing the statutes relating to the public health, the powers and duties of the medical examiners, and the registration of vital statistics : with references to the decisions of the Supreme court of Massachusetts on the same / prepared at the direction 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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    PAGE Oleomargarine — Concluded. Peddlers' wagons to be marked 151 Guests at hotels to be notified 152 Orders. To be in writing 13 How served 13 Orders of prohibition of offensive trades, how served 46 Appeal from order 47 Jury may alter 48 If affirmed, town shall recover costs 49 State board may issue orders relative to sale of ice 58 State board may order persons to cease polluting water supply . . . 61 Decisions as to orders. (See Decisions of Supreme Judicial Court.) Penalties. For violating regulations as to house drainage 7 For maintaining building not connected with sewer 8 For feeding garbage to cows . . 9, 10 Violating regulations respecting nuisances 10 Failure to remove nuisance 12 Occupying dwelling-house after order to quit 15 To inure to towns 17 Neglect of householder to give notice of small-pox, etc 24 By physician to give notice 25 For neglect of local board to notify state board 26 Infected persons travelling 29 Refusing to assist officer in case of infected persons and articles . . 30 Establishing hospital without authority 31 Removing flags displayed in infected places 32 Violating regulations in hospitals . . 33 Neglect to be vaccinated 36 Keeping lying-in-hospitals without license 38 Violation of regulations concerning infants taken to board ... 39 Violating quarantine regulations 40, 41 For refusing to muzzle dogs 43 Refusing to obey orders in relation to offensive trades .... 46 Occupying building for offensive trades 50, 52 Violation of regulations of swine-slaughtering establishments . . .54, 55 Corrupting and defiling water 57 Bathing in water supply 58 Driving horse on ice of pond used for water supply 58 Violation of city ordinance as to sale of ice 59 Violation of statute relative to pollution of streams 63 Burial-grounds, violation of regulations ....... .66 Burials, violation of regulations 67 Violation of statute as to removal of bodies 69 For violation of statutes as to transportation of bodies .... 69 For buying and selling dead bodies 70 Sepulture, violation of 71 For destroying tombs, monuments, trees, etc., in cemeteries . • . . 72 For violation of statutes as to cremation of bodies 74 For violating statute concerning sale of veal 82 For obstructing inspector 83 For slaughtering in violation of statutes 87