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 theni 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 infer-
mation on health promotion and disease prevention; preparing bulletins
in popular form for press purposes, with special reference to use in the
counties; preparing eirculars 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
notification of reportable diseases and the smallpox vaccination law;
aids in maintaining tuberculosis clinics and keeps a separate and con-
fidential record of all cases of tuberculosis and of venereal diseases:
maintains venereal disease clinics, directs medical inspection of puh-
lie schools and investigates nuisances. The Chief of this Bureau is also
Director of Health.

Dr. C. H. Halliday, Epidemiologist, investigates the occurrence, distribution
and types of communicable diseases in iudividoals and communities in the counties
of Maryland. in order that measures for the control of such diseases may be
instituted. The Division studies the sources and routes of infection, assists locsl
health authorities or family physicians in the diagnosis of communicable diseases
assist, in finding unrecognized or unreported cases and advises in regard to the
proper method for the collection of laboratory specimens. He also assists in
diphtheria, typhoid fever and smallpox immunizations when the latter cannot be
done by private physicians or by local health officers.

Dr. C. W. G. Rohrer, Diagnostician, is responsible for the diagnosis of
eases of communicable diseases, notably those of the exanthematous group. He
acts in an advisory capacity to medical inspectors and other physicians in matters
pertaining to the prevention and further spread of such diseases; he visits places
where an orginal outbreak of a communicable disease exists, establishing the
diagnosis. He interviews victims of mad-dog bites and administers Pasteur treat-
ment. He also classifies deaths by nature and caose, collating and recording
essential data missing from the original death certificates.
 
 
 

The Deputy State Health Officers report to the Director of Health.
The Director supervises the work of the public health nurses, of whom
there are fifty-five through the Deputy State and County Health Officers.
He is also in charge of the issuance of permits to operate picnic, tourist,
labor, religious and recreation camps. He aids in the development of
full-time health departments in the counties and public health nursing
programs.

Dr. H. H. Riley, Chief, Baltimore, Md.