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