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

Letter from Laurence Howard to Representative William J. Bell, State House, Boston, Massachusetts, regarding oppositions to vaccination in the community and methods of combating them.

Report written by inspector H. B. Berry describing the work of the American Rescue Worker's day nursery

The front page of the Rescue Herald, a publication of the American Rescue Workers. The first article gives an overview of the organizations work; providing care for the sick and poor.

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

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

Correspondence regarding Somerville's compliance with a law requiring cities to set up tuberculosis hospitals during World War I.

Letter of recommendations of Child Conservation effort during World War I.

Correspondence between K.L. Quinn, R.N., Superintendent of Public Health Nurses, City of Portland, Maine Health Department and Laurence Howard on May 28 and 29, 1930, regarding a case of opposition to diphtheria vaccination.

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.