Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity of Massachusetts, 1884: Supplement Containing the Report and Papers on Public Health The paper entitled, The Sanitary Condition of Somer ville, by Dr. John F. Couch, illustrates the work of an e cient local board, during several years of its existence, in regard to matters pertaining to nuisances, offensive trades, drainage, the restriction of infectious diseases, and other important matters. In addition to the article on the Health of Somerville, another paper contains the result of certain inquiries and reports relative to the sanitary condition of Nantucket, together with the action of the town with reference to the introduction of a general plan of sewerage, a measure which it is hoped may be accomplished at no distant day. 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.