The State Department of
Health

STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Director of Health, Robert H. Riley, M.D., DR., P.H.

2411 North Charles Street

Baltimore

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Appointed by the Governor:

Name. Address Terms Expire
Maurice C. Pincoffs, M.D............... Baltimore ...................... 1941
E. F. Kelly, Phar. D. .... .......... Baltimore .................... .1941
F. A. Allner, C. E.......................... Baltimore ............................1943
Benjamin C Perry, M..D...... ....... Bethesda ....................... 1940
Thomas S. Cullen, M.D...................... Baltimore .....................1943
George M. Anderson, D.D.S...... ..... Baltimore .......................... 1941

Ex-Officio Members:

Robert H. Riley, M.D., Dr..P..H., Director, Baltimore
William C. Walsh, LL.B. Attorney General, Baltimore
Huntington Williams, M.D., Dr..P.H., Commissioner of Health
of Baltimore City

The State Board of Health consists of nine members, six appointed
by the Governor; three, the Director of Health, the Attorney General
and the Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City are ex-officio mem-
bers. The State law requires that of the nine members of the Board
three shall be physicians, one a civil engineer, one a certified pharm-
acist and one an experienced doctor of dental surgery, all to be ap-
pointed by the Governor, the remaining members to be the Director
of Health, the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Health of
Baltimore City. The Director of Health, who shall be an experienced
physician, skilled in public health and hygiene, holds office as long as
he performs his duties in a competent manner. His successor is ap-
pointed by the Board. The Governor's appointees serve for a term of
six years each.

Dr. Robert H. Riley is Chairman of the Board and Director of
Health. He is the Executive Officer of the State Department of
Health. He is represented in the field by the Deputy State Health
Officers, one in each Sanitary District. Division of the State into ten
Sanitary Districts, each consisting of two or three counties, and each
in charge of a full-time Deputy State Health Officer, was made in
1914, in accordance with the law enacted that year. Increased func-
tions made it necessary to decrease the territory covered, and the
County Health Department Law enacted in 1922 opened the way for
full-time departments in individual counties. A third law passed in
1931, changed the number of Sanitary Districts from ten to twenty-
three, corresponding to the number of Counties, and gave the neces-
sary sanction for State-wide full-time County health service. Since
1934, there has been full-time health service in every county in the
State.
The County Health Officers are designated as Deputy State Health