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. Attorney General
Dr. Huntington Williams Director of Health of Baltimore City

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 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 Commissioner 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 21 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 requites
that mattresses, pillows and comfortables have attached to them a tag
furnished by the Department on which is a statement of the materials
used ill 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
ill popular form for press purposes, with special reference to use in tile
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-