Agency history record, 1874-1910.

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Agency history record, 1874-1910.

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Maryland State Archives

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Maryland. Department of Health

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Maryland. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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Maryland. State Board of Health

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Established in 1874, the State Board of Health consisted of five physicians appointed by the governor to "take cognizance of the interests of health and life among the people generally" and "make sanitary investigations and inquiries respecting the causes of diseases, especially epidemics, the sources of mortality and the effects of localities, employments, conditions, and circumstances on the public health" (Laws of 1874, ch. 200). The board served in an advisory capacity and lacke...