Ohio's health. v. 7, 1916, Volume 7

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State Board of Health, 1917
 

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Page 519 - A special meeting of the State Board of Health was held at the...
Page 188 - ACT Submitted for Criticism and Discussion by the COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL INSURANCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABOR LEGISLATION...
Page 12 - Two contrary laws seem to be wrestling with each other nowadays; the one, a law of blood and of death, ever imagining new means of destruction and forcing nations to be constantly ready for the battlefield, the other a law of peace, work and health, ever evolving new means of delivering man from the scourges which beset him. The one seeks violent conquests, the other the relief of humanity. The latter places one human life above any victory; while the former would sacrifice hundreds and thousands...
Page 35 - The degree of isolation required will depend upon the disease and must be sufficient to prevent the spread of the disease to other members of the family and to the public.
Page 492 - To enact a health insurance law simply as a relief measure without adequate prevention features would be a serious mistake, but with a comprehensive plan for disease prevention there is every reason to believe that it would prove to be a measure of extraordinary value in improving the health and efficiency of the wage-earning population.
Page 80 - If the infant kept at the maternity boarding house or 1vin«?-in hospital is not breast-fed bv its mother, the feeding and selection of food shall be under the direction of a legally qualified physician. If a wet nurse is provided she shall meet with the approval of such physician. Under no circumstances will the use of long-tubed nursing bottles be permitted.
Page 236 - Such inspectors shall keep an office and books for the purpose of recording the names and places of business of all persons engaged in the sale of milk within their city or town.
Page 115 - Typhoid Fever Reduced in Rural Communities. Reduction in typhoid fever and improvement in sanitary conditions have followed the intensive investigations of rural communities carried on by the United States Public Health Service in co-operation with local and State health officers, according to the annual report of the Surgeon General of that Service.
Page 126 - This rate shows a marked falling off as compared with the rate for the preceding year, 90.2, and a very pronounced decline as compared with that for 1900, which was 133.2. Nearly five-sixths of the total number of deaths charged to these causes in 1914 were of infants under 2 years of age.
Page 391 - An action may be begun for the recovery of such penalty by the prosecuting attorney of a county in the name of the state in the court of common pleas of such county having jurisdiction of any such party or parties, or it may be begun by the attorney general in such county or the county of Franklin, as provided by law.

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