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Department of Public Health Annual Report, 1895

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Department of Public Health Annual Report, 1895
  • Title
  • Department of Public Health Annual Report, 1895
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). Department of Public Safety. Bureau of Health
  • Date
  • 1895
  • Identifier
  • 31735073103990
  • Description
  • Includes: Reports from Superintendent, the divisions of Vital Statistics, Executive Committee, Bacteriology, Chemical Section, Sanitation, and Food Inspection. Also includes a lengthy Appendices section including the new Health Laws introduced in 1895: Defining Powers/Duties of Bureau of Public Health; rules, regulations, and authorizing the imposition of fines and penalties for violations; Eventual Protection of Public Health in the Municipalities of the Commonwealth; Public Lodging Regulation and Licensing; Providing Against Adulteration of Food; Providing Against Adulteration of Milk; Better Protection of life/health by creation of a State Board of Undertakers; Inflicting Penalties on those neglecting Infants; Regulating House Drainage; Restrictions on Journeymen, plumbers and cesspool construction; Regulating plumbing/house drainage in cities of second class; and lastly an "Official Announcement", followed by two Ordinances creating Division of Bacteriology and providing regulation for waste management.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • annual reports
  • Source
  • Department of Public Health Annual Reports, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1871-1916
  • Container
  • Volume 4
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Department of Public Health Annual Reports, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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