Annual Report of the Health OfficerU.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - Public health |
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14th st 9th st abscess act of Congress adnexa adulterated aforesaid alley animals board of medical Bright's disease Bronchitis building calendar year 1902 Cause of death cent charge cholera circulatory system cities of Washington coal Colored Commissioners contagious disease conviction thereof cows dairy farms Death Popula death rate defendant Dew point Diarrhea diphtheria disinfected District of Columbia dollars drug duty East Capitol st emission examination February Female furnaces H st health department health officer hereby Hospital inspection inspector June 30 license List of physicians Male medical supervisors medicine milk months mortality nuisance number of deaths offense owner person or persons physicians plaintiff in error poisoning police court premises privy prosecution Puerperal race regulations reported samples scarlet fever Showing deaths smallpox smoke statute street TABLE tion Total deaths Total diseases total number tuberculosis typhoid fever vacant White William
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Page 93 - 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 111 - If, when sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity laid down therein.
Page 82 - It shall be the duty of the United States district attorney for the District of Columbia to prosecute all violations of the provisions of this act.
Page 122 - To justify the State in thus interposing its authority in behalf of the public, it must appear, first, that the interests of the public generally, as distinguished from those of a particular class, require such interference; and, second, that the means are reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the .purpose, and not unduly oppressive upon individuals.
Page 74 - it extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the state.
Page 121 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well ordered civil society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Page 90 - food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food or drink by man, whether simple, mixed, or compound. SEC. 3. Any article shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of this Act...
Page 96 - That any person who shall violate or aid or abet in violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the workhouse of the District of Columbia for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 91 - If it is colored, coated, polished, or powdered, whereby damage or inferiority is concealed, or if by any means it is made to appear better or of greater value than it really is.
Page 83 - ... to be deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the District...