Annual Report, Issue 20The Board, 1901 Vols. for 1949- issued in 2 vols: New York's health; and statistical part. |
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100 degrees F abate acid Acute respiratory diseases Albany albuminoid ammonia ammonia Ausable Ballston Spa BAXTER behavior during ignition Board of Health BOROUGH canal cent chlorine in chlorides complaint date received Dear Sir-I deaths under five deaths Zymotic deaths diphtheria discharge DISTRICT Totals ditch Erysipelas Whooping cough examination feet fever Measles Erysipelas free ammonia garbage Geneva Health laboratory health officer Hudson Keeseville LANDRETH loss on ignition Measles Erysipelas Whooping meningitis Typhoid fever mineral matter mortality Newtown creek nitrites nuisance number of deaths odor at 100 Old age Unclassified pollution pumping Representing annual death respectfully Rest of district river sample of water Saratoga lake Saratoga Springs Scarlet fever Scarlet fever Measles SCHENECTADY Secretary State Board sewage Smallpox Scarlet fever SMELZER stream street system Cancer Accidents total deaths Zymotic total solids town town of Aurelius Typhoid fever urinary system village of Herkimer water supply West Canada creek York
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Page 303 - Meeting of the Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health of North America will be held in Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 10, and n, 1898. The " Quarter- Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health " will be in progress at the above named time.
Page 233 - The state board of health shall have all necessary powers to make examinations into nuisances, or questions affecting the security of life and health in any locality.
Page 248 - Every such local board shall make and publish from time to time all such orders and regulations as they may deem necessary and proper for the preservation of life and health, and the execution and enforcement of the public health law in the municipality.
Page 278 - ... week for six consecutive weeks, in at least one newspaper of the county where the waters to which it relates are located. The cost of such publication shall be paid by the corporation or municipality benefited by the protection of the water supply, to which the rule or regulation published relates. The affidavit of the printer, publisher or proprietor of the newspaper in which such rule or regulation is published may be filed, with the rule or regulation published, in the county clerk's office...
Page 67 - I. of the Public Health Law, to make an examination into the alleged nuisances and questions affecting the security of life and health in the locality aforesaid, and to report the results thereof to me on or before the first day of January, 1906.
Page 277 - If any such rule or regulation relates to a temporary source or act of contamination, any person violating such rule or regulation shall be liable to prosecution for misdemeanor for every such violation, and on...
Page 79 - ... carrying in solution acids, alkalies, organic and inorganic matter, in such large quantities that a decidedly acid reaction can be detected in the waters of said creek from three to four miles down the stream. These acids and alkalies coming in contact with the large quantities of sewage discharged into this stream hasten chemical action and fermentation, thereby generating gases and giving off odors which are offensive to smell, often producing nausea and affecting the comfort, if not the health,...
Page 206 - ... shall be satisfied that the action recommended by them is necessary for the public good, and is within the jurisdiction of such board of health, such presiding officer shall convene such local board, which shall take the action recommended.
Page 79 - ... lined with lead, where it is treated with hot sulphurous acid and other chemicals, which subdue the resin and vegetable nature of the wood and leave the fibre free, which is removed and further treated with chloride of lime and other chemicals. About 300 pounds of sulphur is used for the manufacture of a ton of the pulp. Large quantities of chloride of lime and t,ther chemicals are also used and the effluent from the mill is ultimately discharged into the Kayaderosseras creek.
Page 80 - ... discharged into the lake, and those who complain most bitterly about its pollution seem to forget the ancient rule established in Jerusalem, that each person should sweep before his own door. VIII That Saratoga Lake is polluted in the manner above described, and the sewage, wastes, refuse matter, fish that die from natural causes, as well as those killed by the contamination of the water, are washed upon the shores, dockings and pilings, and during the warm summer months, ferment and decay, producing...