Biennial report of the State Board of Health of Kentucky. 1908/09State Board of Health, 1909 |
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... saving which is entirely possible if all the people could and would observe the laws of health in their daily lives . It was this economic feature of the disease problem mainly , the senseless drain upon the material resources of their ...
... saving which is entirely possible if all the people could and would observe the laws of health in their daily lives . It was this economic feature of the disease problem mainly , the senseless drain upon the material resources of their ...
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... saving knowledge to every teacher , pupil and home . And a real , live board of health in each county and city is as much a necessity of modern life , and can and should be made of as much practical importance to the people , as any ...
... saving knowledge to every teacher , pupil and home . And a real , live board of health in each county and city is as much a necessity of modern life , and can and should be made of as much practical importance to the people , as any ...
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... saving life , and has found that it is far easier and better to prevent than to try to cure many diseases that it has drifted into and developed this reform work , probably the greatest and most far reaching , and certainly the most ...
... saving life , and has found that it is far easier and better to prevent than to try to cure many diseases that it has drifted into and developed this reform work , probably the greatest and most far reaching , and certainly the most ...
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... saving instruction . Such demonstrations should always include views of school houses and homes , humble and elaborate , which are models in location and grounds , architecture , ventilation , drainage , healing , lighting and water ...
... saving instruction . Such demonstrations should always include views of school houses and homes , humble and elaborate , which are models in location and grounds , architecture , ventilation , drainage , healing , lighting and water ...
Page 38
... saving time and cost . Antitoxin will not be furnished to physicians except upon the order of the local board of health . It may happen that an outbreak of diphtheria will occur where many persons have been slightly exposed , as in ...
... saving time and cost . Antitoxin will not be furnished to physicians except upon the order of the local board of health . It may happen that an outbreak of diphtheria will occur where many persons have been slightly exposed , as in ...
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Page 175 - Health; he shall collect information concerning vital statistics, knowledge respecting diseases, and all useful information on the subject of hygiene; and through an annual report, and otherwise, as the Board may direct, shall disseminate such information among the people, and shall supply, on demand, to local Boards of Health, reliable vaccine virus for gratuitous vaccination of the poor.
Page 203 - Every dead body must be accompanied by a person in charge, who must be provided with a passage ticket, and also present a full first-class ticket marked "corpse...
Page 191 - 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 112 - NOTE 2. — If the water is exposed to dangerous contamination or there is evidence of the presence of a dangerous disease in animals or attendants, the score shall be 0.
Page 202 - ... can reach their destination within thirty hours from time of death. If the body cannot reach its destination within thirty hours from the time of death, it must be prepared...
Page 192 - No building shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which is not well lighted, ventilated, drained, and constructed, or which...
Page 204 - ... not be accepted for transportation unless said removal has been approved by the State Board of Health, and the consent of the health...
Page 411 - We need to broaden our surveillance and control of pollution in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.
Page 200 - ... has been prepared from spoiled, unsound or unwholesome eggs shall be used in such bakery products. No flour which has been bleached with poisonous materials or which has been bleached so as to affect its quality or strength, or which has been bleached so as to make it appear better or of greater value than It is shall be used.
Page 279 - Report on the origin and prevalence of typhoid fever in the District of Columbia.