Appointed by the Governor:

Names. Addresses. Terms Expire.
Dr. Robert H. Riley . Baltimore 1934
Dr. William W. Ford Woodbrook 1935
E. F. Kelly, Pharmacist Baltimore . . 1935
Tolley A. Biays, Civil Eng. . Baltimore 1937
Dr. Benjamin C. Perry . . .... Bethesda ............... 1934
Dr. Thomas S. Cullen. .. Baltimore 1937
Dr. Burt B. Ide ............................Baltimore . .........................1935
Wm. Preston Lane, Jr. ...Baltimore . .. . . 1937

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 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 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 la 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.

in addition to the Executive Office the Department consists of eight
bureaus, the duties of which are described as follows.

The Bureau of Vital Statistics registers all marriages, divorces,
births and deaths occurring in Maryland, licenses and registers mid-
wives, and regulates the transportation of the dead.
Dr. John Collinson, Chief, Baltimore, Md.

The Bureau of Communicable Diseases receives daily reports from
Health Officers of communicable diseases; investigates outbreaks of
disease and directs measures for their control; enforces the laws on