sibilities include: collection, study and publication of communicable
disease data; laboratory analysis of water, sewage, trade wastes, milk
products, food, drugs, and other materials that may be responsible
for the transmission of infectious diseases; examination and super-
vision of public and private water supply, sewage disposal, ventila-
tion, heat and lighting in public institutions and control of nuisances;
registration, tabulation and publication of vital statistics (including
birth, death and marriage records); study of the causes of death and
illness among mothers and young children and provisions of services
for mothers and children; administration of a medical care program
for indigent and medically indigent residents of Maryland's counties;
operation of the hospitals placed under the Board's jurisdiction;
investigation of complaints made by physicians or affected citizens;
licensing of midwives; laboratory testing of food and drug specimens
to assure compliance with laws prohibiting adulteration and mis-
branding and prosecution of violators (Code 1951, Art. 43, secs.
32-44).

To carry out these duties the Board of Health established within
the Department seven bureaus, as follows: Office of the Deputy
Director, including divisions of Local Health Services, Vital Records
and Statistics, Public Health Nursing, and Communicable Disease
Control; Bureau of Laboratories; Bureau of Preventive Medicine,
including divisions of Maternal and Child Health, Crippled Children
and Heart Disease Control, Dental Health, Venereal Disease Control,
Mental Hygiene, and Alcohol Studies; Bureau of Tuberculosis; Bureau
of Medical Services and Hospitals, including divisions of Chronic
Illness Hospitals, Home Medical Care, Hospital Services and Cancer
Control; Bureau of Environmental Hygiene, including divisions of
Sanitary Engineering, Industrial Health and Air Pollution, Food Con-
trol, Drug Control, Bedding and Upholstery and a Home Accident
Prevention Unit; and a Bureau of Management. The Executive Office
consists of an advisor, a consultant in Public Health Administration,
a public relations assistant and an administrative assistant.

TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITALS
VICTOR F. CULLEN STATE HOSPITAL

I. B. Lyon, M.D., Superintendent
State Sanatorium (Frederick County) Telephone: Highfield 301

This institution was established in 1908, formerly known as the
State Sanatorium, the name was changed by the Board of Public
Works in 1949. The hospital provides for the care of patients in all
stages of tuberculosis; the number of beds is 369.

Staff: 274

HENRYTON STATE HOSPITAL
Thomas F. Vestal, M.D., Superintendent

Sykesville (Carroll County) Telephone: Sykesville 175
This hospital was established in 1923. It provides for the care of
425 colored patients in all stages of tuberculosis.

Staff: 280.