MONTHLY

OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

New Series.

BULLETIN

OF

MASSACHUSETTS.

An official publication of the State Board of Health of Massachusetts, issued monthly from the office of the Board, 141 State House, Boston, Mass.

JANUARY, 1907.

JULIAN A. MEAD, M.D., WATERTOWN.
HIRAM F. MILLS, C.E., LAWRENCE.

JOHN W. BARTOL, M.D., BOSTON.

ENTERED AT THE POST-OFFICE AT BOSTON, FEB. 15, 1906, AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER.

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Vol. 2. No. 1.

HENRY P. WALCOTT, M.D., CAMBRIDGE, Chairman.

GERARD C. TOBEY, ESQ., WAREHAM.
JAMES W. HULL, PITTSFIELD.
CHARLES H. PORTER, QUINCY.

CHARLES HARRINGTON, M.D., BOSTON, Secretary.

LITAUER LETUR, SOP
MARO UNIVERSITY

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

OF

Weekly returns of deaths from cities and towns of more than 10,000 population,

Weekly returns of deaths from certain infectious diseases,

Weekly returns of cases of infectious diseases,

Monthly report on inspection of food and drugs,

Prosecutions for violations of the law relating to food and drugs,

List of adulterated foods, etc., for January, 1907,

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Revised list of proprietary medicines unsalable at retail,

Food and drug laws of Massachusetts,

General law,

Patent medicine law,

Butter, cheese, lard and oleomargarine,

Milk,

Misuse of milk cans,

Meat and provisions,

Poultry,

Fish,

Vinegar,

Baking powder,

Wood alcohol in foods and drugs,

WEEKLY RETURNS OF DEATHS FROM CITIES AND TOWNS OF MORE THAN 10,000 POPULATION.

2,224,764

42

37 12

29

26

8

16

12

12

Deaths under Five
Years.

11

Recapitulation.

fectious DisPrincipal In

eases.

805 193

DEATHS FROM

Acute Lung
Diseases.

114

Phthisis.

Typhoid

Fever.

Total of reporting towns,

1 The populations were estimated upon the rate of growth from 1900 to 1905. Those of Taunton, Gloucester, North Adams and Clinton were allowed to stand as in 1905, having shown no increase during the five-year period. The gain in the population of Lowell is due to the annexation of a part of the town of Tewksbury. The population of Lawrence by the census of 1905 was 70,050, but, owing to the building of the new Wood and Arlington mills, employing at present some 2,500 operatives, an increase of about 6,000 is estimated by the Lawrence board of health, or 76,000. There will undoubtedly be a further increase by the end of the year, as these mills take on more help.

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