It is now the Third Century since the following Regulation took its Rise. The Office of Health is furnished with such ample Power and Authority, as makes it at once useful and respectable; it is administered by the Subjects of the Republick most eminent for their Prudence, Dignity and Talents; it is furnished with Abundance of Officers, a few of whom are employed in the Distribution of Orders, and the rest in their Execution. In describing[4] occasionally these different Branches, much Light will be let in upon the Subject.

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