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Correspondence between [Charles M. Berry], Inspector of Animals and Provisions, Board of Health, and Henry Kinchla regarding the quality of a sample of baked beans bought from a bakery in Somerville.

Pamphlet printed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health outlining the laws relative to bakeries and bakery products.

Letter from J.J. Mahoney, M.D., Health Commissioner of the Boston Health Department, to the Somerville Board of Health reporting a complaint made to them concerning foreign matter found in bakery products from a Somerville baking plant.

Notice from Mark W. Richardson, Secretary of State Board of Health, Massachusetts, to the Somerville Board of Health reporting that a Russian immigrant destined for Somerville is infected with Cholera.

Correspondence between Mrs. James R. Gibson and Laurence Howard, Executive Clerk, regarding a complaint about a case of whooping cough in Mrs. Gibson's neighborhood.

Correspondence between Frank L. Morse, Medical Inspector, Board of Health, and Charles L. Knight, M.D., 544 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA, concerning a case of scarlet fever Dr. Knight potentially mishandled.

Letter from Frank L. Morse, Medical Inspector, to the Board of Health regarding three cases of diphtheria alleged to have received inadequate care.

The minimum quarantine requirements recommended by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for prominent contagious diseases.

Vol. 21, Number 11-12 of Seattle's Health and Sanitation bulletin discussing the prevention of diphtheria in children through the use of antitoxin.

Letter from the Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, to All State Health Officers regarding the resurgence of smallpox, the need for widespread vaccinations, and the restriction of inter-state travel for those infected.