Enforcement of Penalties. SECTION 69. Inspectors of milk shall cause the provisions of the three preceding sections to be enforced. BAKING POWDER. ACTS OF 1902, CHAPTER 540. Baking Powders to be labelled. SECTION 1. Whoever manufactures for sale within this state, or offers or exposes for sale or sells any baking powder or mixture or compound intended for use as a baking powder under any name or title whatsoever shall securely affix or cause to be securely affixed to the outside of every box, can or package containing such baking powder or like mixture or compound, a label distinctly printed in brevier gothic capital letters, in the English language, containing the name and residence of the manufacturer and the ingredients of the baking powder, mixture or compound. Penalty. SECTION 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for each offence. WOOD ALCOHOL IN FOOD AND DRUGS. ACTS OF 1905, CHAPTER 220. AN ACT RELATIVE TO WOOD ALCOHOL. SECTION 1. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of any other person, sells, exchanges or delivers any wood alcohol, otherwise known as methyl alcohol, shall affix to the vessel containing the same and shall deliver therewith a label bearing the words "Wood Alcohol, Poison ", in black letters of uncondensed Gothic type not less than one fourth of an inch in height. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. SECTION 2. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of any other person, sells, exchanges or delivers, or has in his possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any article of food or drink, or any drug intended for internal use, containing any wood alcohol, otherwise known as methyl alcohol, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. New Series. OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF BULLETIN 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. FEBRUARY, 1907. JULIAN A. MEAD, M.D., WATERTOWN. 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. 2. HENRY P. WALCOTT, M.D., CAMBRIDGE, Chairman. GERARD C. TOBEY, ESQ., WAREHAM. CHARLES H. PORTER, QUINCY. CHARLES HARRINGTON, M.D., BOSTON, Secretary. BOSTON : WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS, 18 POST OFFICE SQUARE. 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 dulterated foods, etc., for February, 1907, TABLE OF CONTENTS. The protection and control of the milk supply, . Phenacetin (acetphenetidin) v. acetanilid, The Supreme Court of Massachusetts on the power to exclude unvaccinated children WEEKLY RETURNS OF DEATHS FROM CITIES AND TOWNS OF MORE THAN 10,000 POPULATION. 828 201 123 Phthisis. Fever. Diphtheria. Typhoid 163 81 Total of reporting towns, 2,120,183 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 opera. tives, 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. Measles. 13 1 2 |