Report of the Sanitary Commission, 1850

Name/Title

Report of the Sanitary Commission, 1850

Entry/Object ID

2013.FIC.118

Description

Brown hardback book. "Report of a General Plan for the Promotion of Public and Personal Health, Devised, Prepared and Recommended by the Commissioners Appointed under a Resolve of the Legislature of Massachusetts, Relating to a Sanitary Survey of the State." April 25, 1850. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, No. 37 Congress Street. Note: "This copy was given to Dr. Frechette while he was Commissioner of Public Health as one of several extra copies in the State Library. It was presumably turned in to the Library when the Town of Dana was submerged by the construction of Quabbin Reservoir. - A. L. Frechette"

Acquisition

Accession

2013.FIC

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Book Details

Date Published

1850 - 1850

General Notes

Note

Notes: Contents: Report of the Commissioners (p. 9); Sanitary Movement Abroad (Greece and Rome, France, Germany, Hamburgh, Great Britain) (p. 13); Sanitary Movement at Home (Sanitary Legislation, Means for Curing Disease, Sanitary Condition of the State) (p. 48); Plan for a Sanitary Survey of the State (p. 107): Revision of the Health Laws of the State (p. 109), General Board of Health recommended (p. 111), Composition of the Board of Health (p. 112), Secretary of the Board of Health (p. 114), Local Boards of Health recommended (p. 115), Officers of Local Boards of Health (p. 120), Sanitary Rules and Regulations (p. 121), Compulsory Measures (p. 122), Books for the use of Boards of Health (p. 123), Annual Reports of Boards of Health (p. 124), Printing and Exchanging Documents (p. 126), Census or Enumeration of the Inhabitants (p. 126), Alteration of the State Constitution (p. 133), Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths (p. 135), Atmospheric Observations (p. 143), Causes of Disease and Causes of Death (p. 149), Laying out new Towns (p. 153), Public Buildings Regulated (p. 162), Manufactories and Private Dwellings (p. 164), Over-crowded Lodging-hosues and Cellar-dwellings (p. 164), Public Squares and Ornamental Trees (p. 166), Special Sanitary Survey of different places (p. 166), Mill-ponds and stagnant water (p. 168), House-to-house visitation (p. 168), Observations concerning sickness in general (p. 171), Observations concerning sickness in schools (p. 178), Periodical and Special Vaccination (p. 179), Observations concerning Consumption (p. 181), Abatement of nuisances (p. 183), Sanitary evils of Intemperance (p. 183), Inquest on Dead Bodies (p. 184), Insane and Idiotic Persons (p. 185), Interment of the Dead (p. 185), Emigrant Ships and Seamen (p. 198), Quarantine Regulations (p. 200), Sanitary Evils of Foreign Emigration (p. 200), Sanitary Associations recommended (p. 206), Tenements for the Laboring Classes (p. 207), Public Baths and Wash-houses (p. 209), Refuse of Towns, for manure (p. 212), Abatement of the Smoke Nuisance (p. 218), Physicians' and Apothecaries' Prescriptions (p. 218), Adulterated Food and Drugs (p. 220), Establishments for the Education of Nurses (p. 224), Education in Sanitary Science (p. 228), Professional Records of Physicians (p. 232), Clergymen interested in Public Health (p. 234), Sanitary Observations in Families (p. 235), Sanitary Science useful to fathers and mothers (p. 238), Personal Sanitary Examinations (p. 239); Reasons for Approving the Plan Recommended (p. 241): Because it is a practical measure (p. 242), Because it is a useful measure (p. 252), Because it is an economic measure (p. 254), Because it is a philanthropic and charitable measure (p. 262), Because it is a moral measure (p. 266), Because the progress of the age demands it (p. 272), Because it involves an important duty (p. 276); Objections answered (p. 278); Closing Appeal (p. 297); Bill recommended for enactment (p. 307); Appendix: Titles of Sanitary Acts passed in Massachusetts (p. 223), Great Sanitary Act of June 22, 1797 (p. 326), Revised Statutes relating to Public Health (p. 332), By-Laws and Ordinances of Boston prior of 1800 (p. 339), Regulations of the first Board of Health (p. 341), Health Ordinances passed in Boston, August 20, 1850 (p. 342), Correspondence with the Medical Society (p. 351), Circular relating to a Sanitary Survey (p. 358), Circular of the American Medical Association (p. 365), Sanitary Organization proposed by Dr. Simon (p. 366), Duties of Officers of Public Health (p. 368), Instructions relating to a Census Schedule (p. 375), Communication from William C. Bond (p. 379), Atmospheric Observations in England (p. 381), Nomenclature and Classification of Causes of Death (p. 389), Communication from W. H. Duncan, M.D., of Liverpool (p. 394), Regulations for Vacant Houses (p. 399), Tenements for the accommodation of the Laboring Classes (p. 400), Schedules fro Observations concerning Sickness (p. 404), Form for a Register of Medical Cases (p. 407), Communication from New Orleans (p. 410), Sanitary Survey of Franklin County (p. 415), Extracts from Report on Cholera in Boston (p. 425), Sanitary Survey of the Town of Lawrence (p. 437), Sanitary Survey of the Town of Attleborough (p. 458), Report of the Board of Health of Plympton (p. 487), Report of the Board of Health of Lynn (p. 498), Extracts from Quarterly Return of Register General (p. 525), Forms proposed for Registration in Scotland (p. 530), Registration laws of Massachusetts (p. 532), Books recommended for Sanitary Libraries (p. 535), Table of Percentage and Equalities (p. 540). Status: OK Status By: Rice, Kacie Status Date: 2013-04-03