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Excerpt from Nineteenth Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California: For the Fiscal Years From July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1906 The work Of the State Board Of Health was broadened very exten sively by certain laws passed at the last regular session Of the Legisla ture. Instead Of being an advisory board, with simply the privilege Of Offering suggestions, there are now defined lines Of work which it is required to do. These lines relate entirely, as they should, to the gathering and arranging of vital statistics and to public health and sanitation. The Board entered upon its new duties with an enthusiasm born Of the conviction that its work was, in importance, exceeded by no other department Of the State government, and with a determination that California Should, in the excellence and effectiveness of its health department, stand with the foremost states Of the Union. How far we have succeeded, the record of our work must Show. The new Bureau of Vital Statistics has, in the short time Of its existence, attained a degree of perfection which warranted the United States Census Bureau in accepting its statistics for the Census Bureau's work and in admitting California as a registration state - a distinction attained by but few Of the Eastern States. The State Hygienic Laboratory, which was created by the last Legis lature, is well established and has done much excellent work for the various local health departments and physicians. Its examinations of secretions from the throats of patients have been the means of early diagnosis Of diphtheria in many cases, thus averting epidemics. Work has. Been done also in typhoid, tuberculosis, and other contagious diseases. Examinations of water and milk have also been made, and the important subject of disinfection is being investigated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.