. The sanitary news : healthy homes and healthy living : a weekly journal of sanitary science. er, is a faithfulrepresentation of one existing in Plaistow, , reported to the New Hampshire state boardof health. The well is within ten feet from theback door, out of which slops were thrown. The THE FEES OF THE HEALTH OFFICEROF THE PORT. Considerable comment has been made as tothe the lucrative position enjoyed by the healthofficer of the port of New York, it having beenclaimed that the fees he received from the per-formance of his duties amounted to $ 100,000 perannum. On account of the suppo
. The sanitary news : healthy homes and healthy living : a weekly journal of sanitary science. er, is a faithfulrepresentation of one existing in Plaistow, , reported to the New Hampshire state boardof health. The well is within ten feet from theback door, out of which slops were thrown. The THE FEES OF THE HEALTH OFFICEROF THE PORT. Considerable comment has been made as tothe the lucrative position enjoyed by the healthofficer of the port of New York, it having beenclaimed that the fees he received from the per-formance of his duties amounted to $ 100,000 perannum. On account of the supposed magnitudeof the fees, an effort has been made to reducethe income of the office, and thereby the taxes in that town during February, a proportion ofless than seven-tenths of one in every January, there was one death from diphthe-ria. Bristol has a health officer and has shown,on the part of officials and citizens, a commend-able interest in sanitary affairs. The death-ratein Providence in February was per 1,000per annum. Chas. H. Fisher,Secretary State Board of B. Waste wattfr occupants of the house noticed that the watertasted bad, but still continued to use it. In thefamily there occurred seven cases of diphtheriawithin eight weeks, and there was no knownexposure to any previous case. The reasonablepresumption is that the disease was caused bythe organic contamination of the well-water. HOW DIPHTHERIA MAY BE SPREAD. The health officer of Hope, Barry county,Mich., has submitted a report to Dr. Henry , secretary of the Michigan state board ofhealth, concerning some cases of diphtheria inhis township, which illustrate the tenacity withwhich the contagium of the disease clings to theperson and effects of those who are exposed to it. The report says that two young ladies went toKalamazoo on a visit and while there both werestricken with diphtheria. One of them livednine days, the other eighteen days. Theirmother took care of them. After their d
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