Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of Minnesota

(EIGHTH BIENNIAL)

OF THE

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH

AND

VITAL STATISTICS

MINNESOTA, 1895-96.

CONTAINING

REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE BOARD BY THE SECRETARY

WITH APPENDICES.

ST. PAUL, MINN.:
THE PIONEER PRESS COMPANY.

1898.

NOV 6 1945

GRADUATE SCHOOL

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
AND VITAL STATISTICS,

ST. PAUL, MINN., Jan. 1, 1897.

To His Excellency, David M. Clough, Governor;

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the work of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics for the period of two years, from Jan. 1, 1895, to Jan. 1, 1897. It includes:

First-The report of the work of the board by the secretary.
Second-The financial statement of the board.

Third Statistics of glanders in the state.
Fourth-Records of the use of malline.
Fifth-Record of the use of tuberculin.

Sixth-Statistics of work of the inspector of live stock at New Brighton, Minn.

Seventh-Statistics of inter-state notifications of infectious disease. Eighth Statistics of immigrants exposed to infectious disease en route to Minnesota.

Ninth-Graphic charts, showing the comparative mortality in Minnesota, from diphtheria, enteric fever, tubercular disease and diarrhoeal diseases of children.

The "Fifth Biennial Report," by the secretary, on "Vital Statistics of the State of Minnesota," for the years 1894 and 1895, is published separately.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

CHARLES N. HEWITT,

Secretary and Executive Officer.