Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... Health department. *** * Division of communicable diseases: For salary of the medical expert on contagious diseases $4, 000.00 Sixth grade, one employee 1,200.00 Fifth grade, two employees 1,800.00 Fourth grade, two employees 1,440.00 For the suppression, control, and prevention of epidemics of infectious and contagious diseases and tuberculosis exhibits in the several municipalities of the State, $115,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary 115, 000. 00 ******* Antitoxin laboratory: For actual and necessary expenditures for the manufacture and standardization of tetanus, streptococcus and diphtheria antitoxin, for the proper distribution of the same in antiseptic tubes, and for further investigations of serum therapy in tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and kindred diseases, $16,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary 16,000.00 Hygienic laboratory: For actual and necessary expenses of equipment and maintenance of the State hygienic laboratory and for the services of the Bender laboratory and elsewhere, $16,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary 18, 000.00 State institute for the study of malignant diseases. For the State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases at Buffalo, for the equipment and maintenance of laboratory and hospital, including salaries, $60,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary 60,000.00 [Consolidated Laws, cb. 45.] Sec. 21 (as amended by ch. 559, acts of 1913). General poicers and duties of local ooards of health.--* * * In addition to his compensation * * * the (local) board of health must allow the actual and reasonable expenses of said health officer in going to, attending, and returning from the annual sanitary conference of health officers, or equivalent meeting, held yearly..."
