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56 MARYLAND MANUAL


THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

2411 N. Charles Street, Baltimore.

Director of Health, Dr. Robert H. Riley .... Baltimore

Ex-Officio Members:
Herbert R. O’Conor Attorney General
Dr. Huntington Williams Director of Health of Baltimore City

Appointed by the Governor:
Names Addresses. Terms Expire.
Dr. Robert H. Riley Baltimore 1940
Dr. Joseph Irwin France Port Deposit 1941
E. F. Kelly, Pharmacist Baltimore - 1941
Tolley A. Biays, Civil Eng Baltimore 1937
Dr. Benjamin C. Perry Bethesda - 1940
Dr. Thomas S. Cullen Baltimore ..1937
Dr. George M. Anderson Baltimore 1941

The Board consists of nine members, all of whom are appointed by
the Governor, with the exception of the Commissioner of Health of
Baltimore City and the Attorney-General, who are ex-officio members.
The terms of the Governor’s appointees are six years. The law requires
that the Board consists of the Commisioner of Health of Baltimore
City, the Attorney-General and seven other members, four of whom
shall be physicians, one a civil engineer, one an experienced certified
pharmacist, and one an experienced doctor -of dental surgery. The
Governor shall designate one of the four physicians as Chairman.

The Chief Executive of the Department is Dr. Robert H. Riley, Di-
rector of Health and Chairman of the Board. He is represented in the
field by 22 Deputy State Health Officers, each one a resident in one of
the sanitary districts of the State. The Deputy State Health Officers
represent the Department in their respective districts and supervise the
activities of the Department therein.

In the Executive Office are three divisions, Legal Administration,
Public Health Education, and Oral Hygiene.

Mr. J. Davis Donovan is Chief of the Division of Legal Adminis-
tration and his duties consist in the investigation of all infractions of
public health laws and representation of the Department in court in
cases of prosecution for violations of such laws. This Division also en-
forces the provisions of the Mattress and Bedding Law which requires
that mattresses, pillows and comfortables have attached to them a tag
furnished by the Department on which is a statement of the materials
used in filling them.

Miss Gertrude B. Knipp is Chief of the Division of Public Health
Education and her duties consist of assembling and distributing infor-
mation on health promotion and disease prevention; preparing bulletins
in popular form for press purposes, with special reference to use in the
counties; preparing circulars and other material and arranging for use
of lantern slides, movie films and health exhibits.


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