Excerpt from Third Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of Maryland: January, 1880An efficient administration of sanitary laws, demands both power and the expenditure of money. Without the eu thority of law necessary to enforce the observance of proper sanitary regulations, the State Board of Health can accomplish but little' beyond its present limited functions as an advisory Board, and without the pecuniary means necessary to carry into Operation the investigation of hygienic subjects, many important questions must fail of the proper amount of study. But as ill health and disease are more expensive than perfect Sanitation, it will be found true economy for the State to make reasonable expenditures in arresting those in¿uences and causes which are known to be injurious to the public health.In an address upon this subject delivered before the Ameri can Publie Health Association, Prof. Steven Smith, of N ew York, says.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.