Legal principles of public health administration / by Henry Bixby Hemenway ; introduction by John Henry Wigmore.

  • Henry Bixby Hemenway
Date:
1914
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Credit: Legal principles of public health administration / by Henry Bixby Hemenway ; introduction by John Henry Wigmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    and inadvisable, but it is hoped that even if so, they may still aid in finding the true solution of the prob- lems. Recognizing the fact that the work is for the use of widely differing classes of readers, it has seemed necessary to rehearse in the earlier chapters certain elementary principles, that sanitarians and members of the bar may meet upon a common ground of under- standing. In the past, laws proposed by sanitarians have often failed through neglect of the principles of law; likewise those drafted by lawyers, have fallen short of their purpose because they have not com- prehended the present advance, and the discovered facts in science. Legislators have neglected to act because they have not realized their responsibilities. The science of public health has advanced far beyond the administration. It needs the co-operation of all to attain the results which by right belong to the nation. Today, much of the work which properly belongs to the public health service, is being done by private enterprise. It could, and should, be better done by the recognized forces of government. Private enterprise has been stirred by the weakness of administration. Witness the hysterical efforts of citizens' committees in the past in the presence of epidemics; and the pres- ent crusade against the white plague. These unofficial movements would be unnecessary if the authorized offi- cers of government were doing their duty. The fault may be partly with the officers of health; but more especially it is due to the weakness of the law, and the lack of appreciation of the necessities on the part of the citizens of the land.
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