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PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2003-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Health Institutions
CONT

Protection of public water supplies is the objective of several activities conducted by the Public Health Service. As part of its responsibility to prevent the interstate transmission of communicable disease, the service enforces regulations for drinking water on interstate carriers. These health departments may be called differently in different communities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Établissements de santé
OBS

Il apparaît [...] que la manière la plus efficace d'éliminer le danger de cloisonnement étanche entre les services de santé publique, les établissements hospitaliers et les organismes médico-sociaux est de les rassembler dans un même milieu qui [...] prendrait l'aspect d'une cité sanitaire [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
  • Establecimientos de salud
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