foreign country, shall lay the same before the faculty of one of the medical colleges or universities of this Commonwealth for inspection; and the faculty being satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant and the genuineness of the diploma, shall direct the dean of the faculty to indorse the same, after which such person shall be allowed to register as required by section two of this act.

SECTION 5. Any person who has been in the continuous practice of medicine or surgery in this Commonwealth since one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one without the degree of doctor of medicine shall be allowed to continue such practice, but such person shall nevertheless appear before the prothonotary of the county in which he or she resides, and shall present to him a written statement of these facts, to which the practitioner shall make affidavit. Thereupon, the prothonotary shall enter the following in the register, to wit: The name in full of the practitioner, his or her place of nativity, his or her place of residence, the time of continuous practice in this Commonwealth, and the place or places where such practice was pursued, to all of which the practitioner shall likewise make affidavit, and the prothonotary shall place the certified statement on file in his office for inspection by the public.

SECTION 6. Every practitioner who shall be admitted to registration shall pay to the prothonotary one dollar, which shall be compensation in full for registration, and the prothonotary shall give a receipt for the same.

SECTION 7. Any practitioner who shall present to the faculty of an institution for indorsement or to a prothonotary a diploma which has been obtained fraudulently, or is in whole or part a forgery, or shall make affidavit to any false statement to be filed or registered, or shall practice medicine or surgery without conforming to the requirements of this act, or shall otherwise violate or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished for each and every offense by a fine of one hundred dollars, one-half to be paid to the prosecutor and the other half to be paid to the county, or be imprisoned in the county jail of the proper county for a term not exceeding one year, or both or either, at the discretion of the court.

SECTION 8. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any physician or surgeon legally qualified to practice medicine or surgery in the State in which he or she resides from practicing in this Commonwealth; but any person or persons opening an office, or appointing any place where he or she may meet patients or receive calls, shall be deemed a sojourner, and shall conform to the requirements of this act.

SECTION 9. This act shall take effect on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

SECTION 10. That all acts or parts of acts heretofore passed, and inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 8th day of June, A. D. 1881.

Extract from an act to Create a State Board of Health, approved the 3d day of June, 1885.

SECTION 7. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics to have the general supervision of the State system of registration of practitioners of medicine and surgery, to prepare the necessary methods, forms, and blanks for obtaining and preserving such records, and to insure the faithful registration of the same in the several counties and in the Central Bureau of Vital Statistics at the Capital of the State. The said Board shall recommend such forms and amendments of laws as shall be deemed to be necessary for the thorough organization and efficiency of the registration of vital statistics throughout the State. The Secretary of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics shall be the Superintendent of Registration of Vital Statistics. As supervised by said Board, the clerical duties and safe keeping of the Bureau of Vital Statistics thus created shall be provided for by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, who shall also provide and furnish such apartments and stationery as said Board shall require in the discharge of such duties.

NOTICE. The State Board of Health would solicit the coöperation of all prothonotaries, physicians, medical societies and medical colleges to lend their aid in carrying out the requirements of the law for the registration of physicians.

The value of a registration law must be appreciated by every intelligent citizen. The want of one has caused wrong and injustice to many, while its existence will establish important safe-guards to the physical welfare of our people.

A supply of blank certificates for gratuitous distribution to all persons whose duty it is to make returns under the above-dated act is kept constantly on hand at the Central Bureau of Vital Statistics, and may be procured at any time on application.

Returns to be made on the 1st of July, annually.

CENTRAL BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS,

Department of Internal Affairs, State Capitol, Harrisburg.

BENJAMIN LEE, M. D.,

Superintendent of Registration of Vital Statistics.

III. FORM OF AFFIDAVIT TO REGISTRATION OF PHYSICIANS.

(Affidavit to accompany each Annnal Return.)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.)

according to

of said county and State, who, being duly. law, deposes and says that the foregoing registrations are correct and true; that he personally inspected the diplomas and endorsements there with presented, and believed them to be genuine; and that the copies of the same, also presented for file in the said court (No. . . ), are true in every particular, and in accordance with the act of Assembly entitled, "An act to provide for the registration of all practitioners of medicine and surgery," approved June 8th, A. D. 1881. and subscribed before me,

this..

day of.

A. D. 18. .

Notary Public or Justice of the Peace.

IV. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Regulation in Regard to the Abatement and Removal of Nuisances. Whenever a complaint is made in writing to the Secretary of the Board of the existence of a nuisance, he shall forthwith, as Executive Officer of the Board, investigate the matter, and shall determine whether the alleged nuisance is detrimental to the public health, or the cause of any special disease or mortality; and in case he shall so find, then he shall notify the owner, agent, or occupier of said premises, in writing, of such finding, and the Executive Officer shall thereupon order and direct the abatement and removal of the same within . . days; and in the event of the failure of said owner, agent, or occupier of said property to abate and remove the nuisance, then the Executive Officer shall proceed to abate and remove the same, and shall employ all the force necessary to do so, and shall proceed by

warrant, arrest, and indictment to convict the party failing to obey said order of abatement and removal. By order of the Board.

(Signed)

BENJ. LEE, Secretary,

Executive Office, Philadelphia.

V. CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO THE CLERICAL PROFESSION.

[Circular No. 17.]

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH,

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 1886.

REVEREND AND DEAR SIR: The State Board of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is desirous of securing all possible coöperation on the part of those who inhabit the Commonwealth, to enable it fully to perform the weighty duties with which the general assembly has charged it.

Any and every class of intelligent persons, widely diffused through the State, can render valuable aid, in

(a.) Disseminating information as to certain important yet simple facts; and

(b.) Impressing, by example, their own appreciation of the value of those facts.

No class can better aid in maintaining a good condition of public health than can the clerical profession, because of their widespread influence professionally; their general intelligence, and their opportunities for personal influence in individual cases of ignorance or neglect of the fundamental principles of health which come under their observation.

Those fundamental principles are extremely simple, but their very simplicity causes them to be too generally overlooked. They include: 1. Fresh air and abundant ventilation.

2. Water free from impurity, and wholesome, unadulterated food, properly prepared.

3. Scrupulous cleanliness of habitations and their surroundings, including proper drainage; and

4. Cleanliness of person and clothing.

It is neglect of these requirements which produces or maintains most diseases and pestilences.

The clergy can aid the State Board of Health by pointing out and illustrating these essential principles of hygiene, either in public by lectures, or by instruction given privately as occasion may offer.

When it is remembered that a prominent position was given to hygienic precepts in the Mosaic law, and that in the New Testament

one great feature of the Redeemer's work was healing the sick, it will be seen that the patriotic duty of both preventing and curing sickness, where it can be done, is elevated into the higher sphere of what is confessedly a part of religion, and therefore within the province of its ministers.

Any information which the Board can give to aid you in responding intelligently to its appeal for coöperation, will be very gladly furnished.

Yours with great respect,

BENJAMIN LEE,

Secretary.

VI. REGULATIONS FOR SLAUGHTER HOUSES, ETC.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Provisional regulations for preventing slaughter houses, stock yards, hog-pens, bone-boiling and fat-rendering and other similar establishments from being or becoming prejudicial to the public health.

NUISANCES DEFINED.

1. Whatever is dangerous to human life or health, and whatever renders soil, air, water or food impure or unwholesome, are declared to be nuisances and to be illegal; and every person having aided in creating or contributing to the same, or who may support, continue or retain any of them, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of these regulations.

HOUSE REFCSE, GARBAGE, ETC.

2. No house-refuse, offal, garbage, dead animals, decaying vegetable matter, or organic waste-substance of any kind, shall be thrown upon any street, road, ditch, gutter, or public place, and no putrid or decaying animal or vegetable matter shall be kept in any house, cel lar or adjoining out-buildings for more than twenty-four hours.

NOXIOUS TRADES.

3. No person or company shall erect or maintain any manufactory or place of business dangerous to life or detrimental to health, or where unwholesome, offensive or deleterious odors, gas, smoke, deposit or exhalations are generated, within one mile of the limits of any city or borough, without the permit of the Board of Health or borough council of said city or borough, and all such establishments shall be kept clean and wholesome so as not to be offensive or prejudicial to public health, nor shall any offensive or deleterious waste-substance, refuse or injurious matter be allowed to accumulate upon the pre