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directed to do so by the State Health Officer; and promote an.efficient regis-
tration 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 11. 1912, sec. 5D. 1914, ch. 675.

9. 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 12. 1912, sec. 5E. 1914, ch. 675.

10. 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 compensation for their service within the limits
of this appropriation.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 14. 1912, sec. 5G. 1912, ch. 165.

11. 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 compressed-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 employ-
ment 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 forth-
with 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 assistance, and it shall be the duty of all boards and officers so
called upon for such assistance to render the same. It shall furthermore
be the duty of said State Board of Health to transmit such data to the
Commissioner of Labor and Statistics, who shall record said data and
include the same and a summary thereof in his annual report.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 15. 1912, sec. 6. 1908, ch. 345.

12. The state board of health shall appoint a suitable person, who shall
have been actually engaged in this. State as an analytical chemist for at
least ten years prior to his appointment, as chemist to the state board of
health, who shall hold office as long as he shall faithfully discharge the
duties thereof. The chemist, under the direction and control of the state
board of health and the Director thereof, shall have charge of the analyses
and examination of foods, drugs and other substances which shall be sub-
mitted to him for examination, and he shall report in writing the result
of his analyses and examination to the Director. The chemist shall an-
nually make a report to the state board of health of the work done by him