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the appearance of any communicable disease. He shall purchase sam-
ples of food and drugs for analysis when directed to do so by the State
Health Officer; and promote an efficient registration of births and deaths
within his district, and in addition he shall have and. perform such
other duties as are or may be imposed upon him by the State Board of
Health or the State Health Officer.

1914, ch. 675.

5D. Whenever the State Health Officer or Deputy State Health
Officer shall have assumed jurisdiction over any health condition in
this State, the local health authorities shall assist the State Health
Officer or his deputy in the performance of their duties.

1914, ch. 675.

5E. The State Board of Health shall have power to remove any
deputy health officer from any sanitary district into any other sanitary
district in this State, or in case of epidemics to locate any number of
the Deputy State Health Officers in any one sanitary district in this
State or in the City of Baltimore; and it shall have power to appoint
such inspectors, nurses and agents to aid the Deputy State Health
Officers as it may deem necessary, and pay them a reasonable compen-
sation for their service within the limits of this appropriation.

1914, ch. 675.

5F. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 2,
2A, 5 and 5A-5F, the sum of fifty thousand dollars annually, or as
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be pay-
able by the Treasurer of the State upon warrant of the Comptroller, at
such times and in such sums as may be authorized by the State Board
of Health upon presentation of the proper vouchers.

1912, ch. 165.

5G. Every physician attending on or called in to visit a patient
whom he believes to be suffering from poisoning from lead, phosphorus,
arsenic or mercury or their compounds, or from anthrax, or from com-
press,ed-air illness, or any other ailment or disease contracted as a result
of the nature of the patient's employment, shall send to the State Board
of Health a written notice stating the name and full postal address and
place of employment of the patient, and the nature of the occupation
and the disease from which in the opinion of the physician the patient
is suffering, with such other specific information as may be required
by the State Board of Health. If any physician, when required by
this section to send a notice, fails forthwith to send the same, he shall
be liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars. It shall be the duty of the
State Board of Health to enforce the provisions of this section, and it
may call upon the local boards of health and health officers for assist-
ance, and it shall be the duty of all boards and officers so called upon