FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

Mass STATE BOARD

OF

HEALTH, LUNACY, AND CHARITY

OF

MASSACHUSETTS,

TO WHICH IS ADDED A STATISTICAL APPENDIX,

AND A

MANUAL OF LAWS AND DECISIONS.

JANUARY, 1883.

BOSTON:

WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,

No. 18 POST OFFICE SQUARE.

1883.

The Adulteration of Food and Drugs,

lxi

Over-crowding in Cities and Villages. Local Health Boards,

lxii-lxiv

The Public Institutions,

lxiv-lxv

The Duxbury Fertilizer Company,

lxvi

PART SECOND. - LUNACY,

Ixvii-cii

Statistics of the Insane in 1882,

lxvii-lxxiii

Location of the Massachusetts Insane,

lxxiii-lxxv

Capacity and Condition of the Hospitals,

lxxv-lxxx

lxxxi-cii

lxxxi-xc

lxxxi

lxxxii

lxxxiii

lxxxv