Tenth Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Maine

Download or read book Tenth Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Maine written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tenth Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Maine: For the Two Years Ending December 31, 1897, 1896-1897 The Tenth Report (the third biennial report) of the State Board of Health herewith presented is for the two years ending December 31, 1897. During this time, as in the preceding years, the chief and the most important work of the Board has been the quiet direction and co-ordination of the public health work in the State. Though unusual epidemic outbreaks have been infrequent, the work of aiding and advising local board of health, and in supplying them with blanks and circulars needed in their work of preventing and restricting diseases, is an ever present one. The most notable outbreak of infectious disease which occurred within the two years was the epidemic of diphtheria in and around Fort Kent. Through an unfortunate series of local circumstances, the disease was found to be widely extended among the poorer class of people in the outlying parts of Fort Kent and the surrounding plantations, when the representative of the State Board of Health arrived. Nevertheless, the rapidity with which the disease was stamped out under adverse conditions, with the thorough use of quarantine, antitoxin, and disinfection, should encourage other local boards to employ the same efficient measures if occasion should call for them. A narration of the work done in connection with this outbreak may be found elsewhere in this report. A few other outbreaks are briefly referred to. A large part of this report is devoted to disinfection. A report by Professor Robinson and Mr. Bryant on the second year's work in the study of formaldehyde as a disinfectant is a valuable contribution to the literature of that subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.