Typescript articles by Bracken, executive officer of the Minnesota State Board of Health. Includes articles on smallpox, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever in Minnesota; leprosy in the United States, especially in Minnesota and the northwest; medical inspection in schools; sewage disposal; Minnesota health legislation (1909) relative to sanitary problems; and various phases of public hygiene. There are also a comprehensive history of public health work in Minnesota (1872-1922), based on minutes of the State Board of Health; and a report on sanitary problems studied on a trip to Europe (1910).