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Activities

 

(1) Maritime quarantine - medical examination of immigrants.
(2) Hygienic laboratory

(3) Interstate quarantine

(4) Public health reports and bulletins

Children's Bureau (Dept. of Labor) - Next to the U.S.P, Health Ser-

 

vice, is the most important federal health agency.

Functions:

(1) Investigation of causes of infant mortality and diseases of
children

(2) Administration of the Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act.

(3) Publications and educational activities.

Bureau of Census (Dept. of Commerce) Collects, tabulates, and

 

analyzes vital statistics.

Bureau of Chemistry (Dept. of Agriculture) Administers the Pure.
Food and Drug Act.

 

Bureau of Education (Dept. of Interior) promotes school hygiene and

 

health of Indians.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (Dept. of Labor) makes industrial hygiene

 

studies.

Bureau of Animal Industry (Dept. of Agriculture). Supervises meat

 

inspection and investigates animal diseases.

Bureau of Entomology (Dept. of Agriculture) Insect studies affecting

 

the health of man.

Bureau of Biological Survey (Dept. of Agriculture). Eradication of
rats and plague carrying ground squirrels.

 

States Relations Service (Dept. of Agriculture) health education in
rural communities.

 

2. Htate Health Departments. The state is the source of power to control
health conditions. the state health department is a latér form of organ-
ization than the local units. There is less scattering of health func-
tions in the state health agencies.

 

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b.

Evolution of State Departments of Health

 

(1) Boards with a Secretary and having principally advisory powers.
Oregon as a type.

(2) Commissioner with Advisory Council. Advisory functions and
enlarged executive powers. New York and California as types.

 

Advisory Functions

 

(1) Investigation and research.
(2) Advice to local boards of health