Open AccessRELATIVE FUNCTIONS OF STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
Author(s) -
Carl E. McCombs
Publication year - 1920
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.10.5.393-a
Subject(s) - legislation , agency (philosophy) , state (computer science) , administration (probate law) , work (physics) , health care , state agency , environmental health , public health , medicine , public administration , political science , nursing , law , sociology , mechanical engineering , social science , algorithm , computer science , engineering
City health work antedates that of the state by about fifty years. The municipality is the powerful agency for local improvement through intensive cultivation of community interest. The state should care for legislation, health surveys, demonstrations and research, and should supplement local appropriations, but municipalities should control their own health administration.