RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD RELATIVE TO PAPERS PUBLISHED IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT, PASSED JULY 2, 1885. Resolved, That no papers shall be published in the annual report of this Board except such as have been approved for the purpose of such publication by a majority of the members of the Board, and that any such paper shall be published over the signature of the writer, who shall be considered as entitled to the credit of its production, as well as responsible for the statement of the facts reported and the opinions expressed therein. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1898. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS. President. GEORGE G. GROFF, M. D., Lewisburg. Secretary. BENJAMIN LEE, M. D., Philadelphia. Members. PEMBERTON DUDLEY, M. D., Philadelphia. JOHN FULTON, C. E., Johnstown. Place of Meeting. Supreme Court Room, Harrisburg, unless otherwise ordered. Time of Meeting. Second Thursday in May, July and November, at 4 p. m. July meeting, elections and appointments; November meeting, adoption of annual report; May meeting, public address. Standing Committees. 1. Executive Committee Richard Y. Cook, Chairman. Pemberton Dudley, M. D. Benjamin Lee, M. D., Secretary. 2. Committee on Registration and Vital Statistics— Benjamin Lee, M. D., Chairman. Samuel T. Davis, M. D. Bureau of Registration of Vital Statistics-Department of Internal Affairs, State Capitol, Harrisburg. State Superintendent of Registration of Vital Statistics-Benjamin Lee, M. D. Registrars of Marriages, Births and Deaths-All clerks of orphans' courts. Registrars of Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery-All prothonotaries. 3. Committee on Preventable Diseases and Supervision of Travel and Traffic George G. Groff, M. D., Chairman. Samuel T. Davis, M. D. John Fulton, C. E. 4. Committee on Water Supply, Drainage, Sewerage, Topography and Mines John Fulton, C. E., Chairman. J. H. McClelland, M. D. 5. Committee on Public Institutions and School Hygiene— Samuel T. Davis, M. D., Chairman. George G. Groff, M. D. |