Health

Freedom from sickness or suffering. The right to the enjoyment of health is a subdivision of the right of personal security, one of the absolute rights of persons. 1 Bl. Comm. 129, 134. As to injuries affecting health, sce 3 Bl. Comm. 122.

— Bill of health. See Bill.

— Board of health. See Boaro.

— Health laws. Laws prescribing sanitary measures, and designed to promote or preserve the health of the community.

— Health officer. The officer charged with the execution and enforcement of health laws. The powers and duties of health officers are regulated by local laws.

— Fublie health. As one of the objects of the police power of the state, the "public henith" means the prevailingly healthful or sanitary condition of the general body of people or the community in mass, and the absence of any general or widespread disease or cause of mortality.