Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-26
STATE BOARD OF HEATH
Meeting ]" This City, Yesterday. and Officer.
and Committees Named

Al t"e hIeet'hS OF the State Roar, i.
Health held, yesterday. At ~" "ru VI
House. Dr. c. D. Smith ~ pe. ntate
was unanimously Reelected .'ai'o'
for the ensuing year. The e.iueiit
of the standing committees fan
year was as follows: 'oi the
On fnance-F. c. Rohinso, ;,
dan and G.. NJ Woodcock Z. {. Jor-
| On circulars and other ,,t,.
NJ. {: Woodcock' y. r. G. Smith smith .'n Ions Is
secretary. until ana the
On sewerage and drainage Ara ~, !,
posal of excreta-E. c. Jord,r ''i ~ me dis
inson, A. X. G. Smith ana q NJ i; ho6-
cock. W. wood
On ventilation-E. c. Jordan ana =,
| Wedgewood. nv ~ =.
on summer resorts-M. c. We1gowo,,,
+. C. Jordan and the president. se"0oa'
| On water and water s,,nmi;as =
Robinson, NJ. c. Wedgewood and ,ha e
rotary. '"V scc-
on schooihonseS and school hygieno-F
rotary. " So
| On quarantine-The president \, -
Wedgewood, G. NJ. Woodcock AND 10 h.;
secretary. ~
On legislation-The secretary ,bo nros;
dent and NJ. c. Wedgewood ''e pieSi
On diSinfection and disinfectapts T. ~
| Robinson. c. ID. Smith and the secrntarr
On the production and use of vaccine
ma terial-C. ID. Smith.
The secretary reported TO the hoard
that the inspection service at Vance
boro which was established nv the
surgeon general OF the Marine Hospi-
tai service at the instance of the State
Board OF tiealtn on account OF the pre-
valence of smallpox in some of the
counties of New Brunswick, has been
discontinued for the reason that the
outbreak in New Brunswick is practi-
cally stamped out.
On account of the increase of the
other kinds of work in the Office Of the
board and the failure of the Legisla-
ture to provide for the doing Of any
kind of chemical or bacteriological
laboratory work. the board felt com
PEELED to instruct the secretary not to
continue the work of water analysis
excepting when the application is
made by local boards of health. and
when reasons are presented which in
dictate an urgent need of work of this
kind.
The secretary reminded the board OF
the great saving in postage which is
brought about by the publication of
the Sanitary Inspector and the substi-
circular rates in sending many com
munications to the local boards of
health and to the general public. AS
an illustration he mentioned the fact
that the last number, Special
tuberculosis Number in advocacy OF
the formation of the Maine State San
atorium Association and the obtain
ing of means for the building a sana-
forum for consumptives went to 5000
persons in the State. The same num-
Der of communications sent out at the
ordinary rates for circulars would
have cost nearly $40 more for postage.
The secretary submitted to the board
the results of correspondence which
has passed between the various state
and provincial health departments
relative to the desirability of forming
an American Jenner Society, the object
of which shall be to present the truth
to the general public and to the medi-
cal profession relative to vaccination
and other vaccination or anttoxic
methods of preventing infectious dis
eases.
AS an international tuberculosis
to be held in London early
in July is looked forward to by SAM
tarians and particularly by those who
are interested in the lesseninE of the
prevalence of consumption as a very
important world event. and as Profess
sor Robinson will be in London about
that time. it was voted to authorize
and to request him to attend the con-
cress as a delegate from the State
poorJ of Health nj Maine
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