The field of chemistry had incredible advancements in a very short time period, from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. It was in this time period that the scientific community saw the need for the regulation of the growing number of chemical discoveries. What were the early committees trying to regulate?

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.