Reports of smallpox cases, 1893-1894.

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Reports of smallpox cases, 1893-1894.

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The State Board of Health as part of its function to control and prevent disease required municipal boards of health to notify the board of the occurance of a case of smallpox within twenty-four hours (St 1883, c 138). Reports record this required information, as well as similar information from other state agencies.

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