First Annual Report Of The Board Of Health Of The District Of Columbia 1872

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First edition

Washington, DC: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1873. First edition. 8vo. 198 pp., plus errata sheet. Bound in brown cloth; gilt stamped title on front board. A very good copy. The first report of the District's Board of Health, organized under an act of Congress, approved Feb. 21, 1871. The board's goals were to 1 declare what shall be deemed nuisances injurious to health, and to provide for the removal thereof, 2 make and enforce regulations to prevent

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