Excerpt from Second Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland: January, 1878Nothing short of a code of health laws, to be alike opera tive in all seaport towns, will secure us from the evils of pestilence, and experience must ultimately induce the gen eral government to legislate on this subject.Under existing laws very little can be accomplished by the State Board of Health, to whom is delegated the trust of superintending the public health and comfort, but as their powers have proved insufficient, the Legislature doubt less will assist in the completion of a plan so manifestly directed for the benefit and safety of the people. For what can so strongly demand the attention of the Legislature as the health and strength of the great mass of the people and the security of all - objects to be attained by measures which, are alike conducive to private virtue and happiness, to pub lic order and economy, to national wealth and power.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.