Annual report of the National Board of Health. 1879

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1879

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Page 21 - Congress assembled, that there shall be established a National Board of Health to consist of seven members to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more...
Page 21 - Health shall be to obtain information upon all matters affecting the public health, to advise the several departments of the government, the executives of the several States, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on all questions submitted by them, or whenever in the opinion of the board such advice may tend to the preservation and improvement of the public health.
Page 258 - Title [RS 4501-4613], however, shall prevent the owner or consignee or master of any vessel, except vessels bound, from a port in the United States to any foreign port, other than vessels engaged in trade between the United States and the British North American possessions, or the West India Islands, or...
Page 332 - States, by the masters and crews of the several revenue cutters, and by the military officers commanding in any fort or station upon the seacoast, and all such officers of the United States shall faithfully aid in the execution of such quarantines and health laws, according to their respective powers and within their respective precincts, and as they shall be directed from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 123 - A shall, before delivering the same, make or cause to be made an entry in a book kept for that purpose, stating the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and...
Page 123 - ... with the name and place of business of the registered pharmacist so dispensing said medicine, and be numbered with a number corresponding with that on the original prescription retained by said pharmacist on such book or file. Such...
Page 352 - That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and the same are hereby repealed.
Page 439 - Francisco, who refuses or omits: "1. To proceed with and anchor his vessel at the place assigned for quarantine, at the time of his arrival; or, "2.
Page 122 - It shall also be the duty of the registrar to duly note the fact against the name of any registered pharmacist, or assistant pharmacist, who may have died or removed from the state, or disposed of or relinquished his business, and to make all necessary alterations in the location of persons registered under this act.

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