THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
2411 N. Charles Street, Baltimore

Director of Health, Dr. Robert H. Riley Baltimore
Ex-Officio Members:
William Preston Lane, ,Jr.
Dr. C, Hampson Jones Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City

Appointed by the Governor:
Names, Addresses Terms Expire.

Dr. Robert H. Riley . Baltimore 19 34
Dr. William W Ford ..... .... . Woodbrook 1935
E. F. Kelly, Pharmacist Baltimore 1935
Tolley A. Biays, Civil Eng . Baltimore 1931
Dr. Benjamin C. Perry ..... . .. .Bethesda . . 1934
Dr. Thomas S. Cullen Baltimore 1931
Dr. Burt B. Ide .... .. ...... ... Baltimore ... . .......... . .1935

The Board of nine members consists of the Attorney-General, Health
Commissioner of Baltimore and seven members appointed by the Gov
ernor, with the consent of the Senate, two biennially for a term of six
years from the first Monday in May. Of those appointed by the Gov
ernor, four shall be physicians, one a Civil Engineer, one a Certified
Pharmacist and one a Dentist. 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 18 Deputy and Asst. Deputy State Health Officers) each one a
resident in one of the sanitary districts of the State. The Deputy and
Asst. Deputy State Health Officers represent the Department in their
respective district 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.

Dr. Richard C. Leonard is Chief of the Division of Oral Hygiene and
his duties consist of the organization of school dental clinics wherein
all school children are afforded regular dental examinations while in
digent children may also receive necessary dental treatment; educa
tional work in the importance and maintenance of mouth health is
carried on through lectures and clinics or films and pamphlets dis-
tributed through the Division,