. A survey of the activities of municipal health departments in the United States . Department of Surveys and Exhibits Russell Sage Foundation130 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. A SURVEY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES* The purpose of this investigation was to obtain an approximateidea of the status of health department work in the UnitedStates; to examine the departments programs and their financialresources, and to discover how great or small an advantage theywere taking of their existing opportunities. Such an expositionof the condition of ou
. A survey of the activities of municipal health departments in the United States . Department of Surveys and Exhibits Russell Sage Foundation130 East Twenty-second Street, New York City. A SURVEY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES* The purpose of this investigation was to obtain an approximateidea of the status of health department work in the UnitedStates; to examine the departments programs and their financialresources, and to discover how great or small an advantage theywere taking of their existing opportunities. Such an expositionof the condition of our local public health work should aid publichealth officials to secure increased appropriations and shouldserve as a basis for future measurements of public health progress. In scope the investigation was limited to cities having a popu-lation of 25,000 and over according to the census of 1910, and totwelve phases of work chosen as of special importance and in-terest. The location of the cities, of which there were 227, isshown in Figure 1; their distribution by state and group ofstates is given in Table 1. The investigation was carried on entirely by mail. OnAugust 1, 1913, lette
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