Cincinnati and Columbus formally established boards of health.

Any Ohio city permitted to establish a board of health and city councils allowed to formulate regulations.

Township trustees given limited authority to prevent spread of small pox through quarantine.

State Board of Health organized.

All municipalities required to establish a board of health.

Hughes Act and Griswold Amendment creates city and general health districts with varying restrictions on fulltime and part-time personnel including health commissioners and nurses.

State director of health to be appointed by governor and term to be concurrent with the governor.

Standards established for local health departments.

Local health departments permitted to charge costs for all state-required environmental health programs.