Show health department Is countes Coun tys great need are you thing ihling in ia 11 county lt I 1 nn in organized beadth department asks dr it G beachley BeRc hleY in ligeia ll geia the t health magazine ning azine published by the american medical association if you do you are not receiving proper health protection from your local government state of health cannot carry on intensive health work in every county in a state therefore the only way to maintain proper health standards Is to have an efficient health department in every county no ko investment can yield greater dividends than money for public henith health doctor benchley continues A whole time health department will reduce the amount of sickness from such diseases as typhoid fever diphtheria smallpox and scarlet fever by almost 75 per cent during the first five years of its existence lie be declares the typical health department con slats sita of a physician ubo aho is a graduate i of a medical college with special training in public health work one or two graduate nurses who have studied pub lic ile health one or r two sanitary inspectors spec tors and a clerk stenographer if I 1 possible a laboratory should be provided I 1 i aided |