Excerpt from Annual Report of the National Board of Health, 1883 Sir: In compliance with the requirements of section 4 of the act ap proved June 2, 1879, entitled An act to prevent the introduction of contagious and infectious diseases into the United States, the National Board of Health respectfully submits its fifth annual report, covering the fiscal year ending June 30, 1883, and consequently detailing the operations of the Board under the provisions of the act in question down to the time of its lapse by limitation on the 2d June, 1883. Statement of the expenditures of the National Board of Health during the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1883. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.