Report of the health officer of the District of Columbia. 1899U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 |
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Page 23
... appeared during the past year . In the absence of any legal requirement by which physicians were obliged to report cases , the exact degree to which it prevailed can only be approx- imated through the voluntary returns which were made ...
... appeared during the past year . In the absence of any legal requirement by which physicians were obliged to report cases , the exact degree to which it prevailed can only be approx- imated through the voluntary returns which were made ...
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... appeared as a witness without danger to either the judge or any of the officers of the court . A more detailed statement relative to the work of the chemical laboratory appears in the report of the chemist , and data and sugges- tions ...
... appeared as a witness without danger to either the judge or any of the officers of the court . A more detailed statement relative to the work of the chemical laboratory appears in the report of the chemist , and data and sugges- tions ...
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... appeared , I examined the house ( every room ) , stable , cow barn , and the help . but found nothing to indicate that the disease had been communicated from this place . The only suspicious circumstance was the illness of Mr. -'s ...
... appeared , I examined the house ( every room ) , stable , cow barn , and the help . but found nothing to indicate that the disease had been communicated from this place . The only suspicious circumstance was the illness of Mr. -'s ...
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... appearance - No . 1 , shallow well , Twenty - seventh and K streets NW . , examined April 5 , 1899 ; No. 2 , deep well , Tenth street and South Carolina avenue , examined April 22 , 1899 . [ Numbers indicate parts per million . ] Color ...
... appearance - No . 1 , shallow well , Twenty - seventh and K streets NW . , examined April 5 , 1899 ; No. 2 , deep well , Tenth street and South Carolina avenue , examined April 22 , 1899 . [ Numbers indicate parts per million . ] Color ...
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... appeared and spread through the herd , as cows , depleted by such lack of venti- lation , are unable to withstand the invasion of the tubercle bacillus , which exists in a large percentage of cow barns . Some barns were so poorly ...
... appeared and spread through the herd , as cows , depleted by such lack of venti- lation , are unable to withstand the invasion of the tubercle bacillus , which exists in a large percentage of cow barns . Some barns were so poorly ...
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14th st abscess alley Angina pectoris Annual death rate April autopsy brain Bright's disease Bronchitis Cancer Cause of death cent Cerebral cervical Colored male Congestion convulsions court cows dairy farms Death Popula deaths occurring Diphtheria diplococcus District of Columbia ended June 30 eruption etc.-Continued F. W. Family Gangrene George H st half barrel headache hemorrhage herpes Hospital houses Hygienic conditions hyperesthesia I.-Showing total number inches inspection Intestinal June 30 kidney liver lumbar puncture lungs lymph M. W. Family history Malarial fevers March meningitis milk months mortality muscles of neck muscular number of deaths opisthotonos Order pain paralysis paraplegia patient peritonitis photophobia pipes pulse Pupils dilated recent vaccination respiration Scarlet fever sick spinal spine strabismus TABLE I.-Showing total temperature thrombus tion Total by color Total deaths tremor Tubercular tuberculosis Tumor Typhoid fever unconscious uterus vacant vaccination violence vomiting walls White female White male William zymotic
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Page 116 - Secretary shall have his records present at all meetings of the active members of the Association, of the Board of Directors, and of the Executive Committee. He shall keep a list of members as required by Section 9 of Article I of these By-Laws and shall revise said list annually.
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Page 141 - ... by a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than five dollars...
Page 144 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia...
Page 143 - That any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof...
Page 142 - That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, all of squares numbered 490, 491, 533, and reservation 10, in the District of Columbia...
Page 143 - States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the owner, occupant, or agent in charge of any land in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or in the more densely populated suburbs of said city to remove from such land any weeds thereon of four or more inches in height within seven days (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) after notice from the health officer of said District so to do, and upon failure to comply with such notice he or she shall, on conviction thereof,...
Page 143 - That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Page 126 - ... and good and sufficient bonds to the United States, in a penal sum not less than the amount of the contract, with sureties to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, shall be required from all contractors, guaranteeing that the terms of their contracts shall be strictly and faithfully performed to the satisfaction of and acceptance by said Commissioners...
Page 123 - All certificates shall be bound in a book and shall be issued in consecutive order therefrom, and in the margin thereof shall be entered the name of the person owning the shares therein represented, the number of shares, and the date thereof.