Scope and Content: The Dept. of Public Health protects the health of Massachusetts residents by maintaining state health facilities, regulating private health facilities, controlling disease, and regulating food, drugs, and other consumer products. During the decades directly following its  establishment in 1919 as the latest in a succession of state public health agencies dating back to 1869, the Dept. of Public Health published a large number of pamphlets and leaflets designed for public distribution. Topics covered include food and nutrition, dental health, vaccination and disease prevention, and child health care. Series consists of a selection of such publications, some of which are reprints or later editions of earlier titles.
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