Annual Report Of The Department Of Public Health Massachusetts For The Year Ending 1916

Author : Massachusetts State Board Of Health
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265783740
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book First Annual Report of the State Department of Health of Massachusetts, 1916 (Classic Reprint) written by Massachusetts State Board Of Health and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from First Annual Report of the State Department of Health of Massachusetts, 1916 Section 2. The commissioner of health shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and he shall be a physician skilled in sanitary science and experienced in public health administration. The term of office of the commissioner of health shall be five years. He shall receive an annual salary of seventy - five hundred dollars and shall devote his entire time to his official duties. The commissioner of health shall be the administrative head of the state department of health. His powers and duties shall be to administer the laws relative to health and sanitation and the regulations of the department; to prepare rules and regulations for the consideration of the public health council; and, with the approval of the public health council, to appoint and remove directors of divisions, district health ofiicers, inspectors and other necessary employees, and to fix their compensation, subject to the approval of the governor and council, within the limitations of appropriations therefor. Directors of divisions and district health officers shall be exempt from civil service regulations. The commissioner of health shall submit annually to the public health council a report containing recommendations in regard to health legislation; and he shall perform all executive duties now required by law of the state board of health and Such other duties as are incident to his position as chief executive officer. He may direct any executive officer or employee of the state department of health to assist in the study, suppression or prevention of disease in any part of the commonwealth. 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.