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Public Health is People: A History of the Minnesota Department of Health from 1949 to 1999

Title Page (PDF)

Table of Contents (PDF)

Chapter 1:  The Health of Minnesota -- 1949 to 1955 (PDF) [Page 1-34]

Chapter 2:  Conquered and Almost-Conquered Diseases (PDF) [Page 35-64]

Chapter 3:  Polio:  Minnesota's Crucial Role (PDF) [Page 65-92]

Chapter 4:  The Atomic Age and Public Health (PDF) [Page 93-113]

Chapter 5:  End of an Era -- 1955 to 1970 (PDF) [Page 114-142]

Chapter 6:  Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities (PDF) [Page 143-171]

Chapter 7:  Brick and Mortar of the State Health Department (PDF) [Page 172-187]

Chapter 8:  Environment (PDF) [Page 188-211]

Chapter 9:  The Health of Minnesota -- 1970 to 1978 (PDF) [Page 212-239]

Chapter 10:  Local Health Services (PDF) [Page 240-264]

Chapter 11:  Chronic Disease, Health Promotion (PDF) [Page 265-288]

Chapter 12:  Organizational Changes -- The Board Dissolves (PDF) [Page 289-313]

Chapter 13:  The Health of Minnesota -- 1979 to 1991 (PDF) [Page 314-337]

Chapter 14:  AIDS/STDs (PDF) [Page 338-345]

Chapter 15:  Epidemiology (PDF) [Page 346-358]

Chapter 16:  Targeted Populations (PDF) [Page 359-369]

Chapter 17:  The Health of Minnesota -- 1991 to 1999 (PDF) [Page 370-381]

Chapter 18:  Health Care Access (PDF) [Page 382-383]

Chapter 19:  Public Health Laboratory (PDF) [Page 384-398]

Postscript (PDF) [Page 399]

Appendix A:  Minnesota's Health Status (PDF) [Page 400-405]

Appendix B:  Expenditures, Employees, Leadership (PDF) [Page 406-412]

Appendix C:  Organizational Structure of the Department (PDF) [Page 413-427]

Appendix D:  Minnesota State Board of Health Members (PDF) [Page 428]

Appendix E:  Hill-Burton Projects (PDF: 1.54MB/7 pages) [pages 429-435]

Appendix F:  33 Recommendations for Programs and Policies, 1954 (PDF) [Page 436-438]

Index (PDF) [Page 439-454]

Consult Philip D. Jordan's "The People's Health: A History of Public Health in Minnesota to 1948" for a history of public health in Minnesota for the years 1872 to 1948.

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Last Updated: 11/03/2022

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