2G8 Locat Boards of Health — Hewitt. 



schistose. A. medium texture prevails, a more or less vertical 

 position is assumed and they strike N. 10° E. as a rule. The pre- 

 vailing color of these schists is green, that of the leading constitu- 

 ent. In the midst of these green schists which are very close to 

 the chloritic and sericitic schists of the Lake Superior region in 

 nearly all their characters are lenses of hematite ore. On Section 

 7, Town 29, Range 8 E., considerable exploration has already 

 been done. While ore has been found in masses of many inches 

 in thickness at the lowest depth reached in these explorations, still 

 the prospects of a sufficient yield to authorize mining operations 

 on an ordinary and commercial scale are not encouraging. 



Other modifications of these schists were noted in several places 

 as on the hill between Mosinee and Knowlton and between Knowl- 

 ton and Junction City. Their general aspect is that of more or 

 less weathered schists having strike and dip nearly like those above 

 Wausau. 



November 13, 1888. 



[Paper CC] 



WHA.T OUGHT THE PEOPLE OF A COMMUNITY TO DO TO HELP THEIR 



LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH? — By Cliarles iV. Hewitt^ M. Z>., 

 Secretary of the State Board of Health of Minnesota,, ex-Pres- 

 ident of the American Public Health Association, etc. 



The work of public health has come to such proportions in 

 our state that I am sure if our people knew more about it they 

 would more generally ''bear a hand" in the doing of it. The 

 commonest complaint from our best health officers is "We need 

 more popular support." I have the feeling tllat no better subject 

 presents itself for my essay of to-night and I venture to begin 

 with a littld sketch of the history of sanitary effort in Minnesota 

 since I have known it. 



In 1872 there were but two local boards of health in the state, 

 making any pretense of being alive. All over our country there 

 was an increasing interest in public health, and Massachusetts 

 with California, had given practical expression to the professional 

 and popular demand, by organizing state boards of health. Minne- 

 sota, moved by the same impulse, established our state board, and 

 Grovernor Austin signed the bill March 4th, 1872. The old law 



