MaHealthCouncil.org
Title
Massachusetts Health Council, Inc.
Description
During World War One, documents indicate that the notion of the Massachusetts Health Council sprang from the cooperative efforts that emanated because of the role that health professionals played during the war.
MHC was created through the leadership of the Public Health Committee of the Massachusetts Medical Society. The purpose was to "provide a regular, definite means for securing an interchange of information of mutual interest to the organizations represented and for considering public health problems with a view to concerted action." Nine member agencies were involved: MA Medical Society, American Red Cross, American Public Health Association, American Society for Control of Cancer, MA society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, MA Anti-Tuberculosis League, MA Association of Boards of Health, MA State Department of Health, MA Association of Directors of Public Health Nursing Committee of the MA state Nurses Association.
MHC Distributed free health bulletins to industrial workers joined by Dental Hygiene Council, MA state Nurses Association, MA Department of Public Health, and MA Veterinary Association.
