New Hampshire’s Fifteenth Report (Second Biennial) of the State Board of Health surveys two years of public health work and practical lessons for communities.
This nonfiction volume presents the state’s progress from 1897 to 1898, focusing on local boards, sanitation, and disease prevention in clear, accessible terms.
This edition emphasizes public health as a community effort, showing how local boards operate, how statewide networks like the New Hampshire Association of Boards of Health help share knowledge, and how policy translates into everyday practices that protect families.
- Key topics include the fight against consumption (tuberculosis), typhoid fever, and other communicable diseases with practical takeaways for prevention.
- Discussion of local governance, water safety, sewerage, vaccination, and the role of registration data in guiding sanitary work.
- Insights into public health communication, educational pamphlets, and the distribution of informatively written materials to homes.
- Notes on rail and indoor environment topics, such as ventilation, humidity, and the impact of dust and air quality on health.
Ideal for readers of public health history, policy makers, and anyone interested in how a state built its sanitary infrastructure in the late 19th century.