Articles - Medical History en-us http://www.healthguidance.org N/A http://www.healthguidance.org admin@healthguidance.org 20 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9185/1/Vital-Statistics.html The collection of vital statistics is a fundamental procedure in the prevention and control of disease. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9184/1/The-Function-of-the-Board-of-Health.html Boards of health, departments of health, or commissioners of health have gradually developed with the necessary delegation of the specialized activities of the community to one person or to a group of persons. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9183/1/Occupational-Diseases.html While it has long been appreciated that certain trades were hazardous and that certain diseases were connected with certain occupations, it is only within a few years that society has taken an intelligent interest in such conditions. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9182/1/Sewage.html The proper disposal of sewage involves two considerations,-the avoidance of the spread of disease and the avoidance of a nuisance. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9181/1/Water.html Water is an ever-present and indispensable factor in human life. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9180/1/Milk.html Milk is the most liable of all the foods to convey disease, for several reasons. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9179/1/Cancer.html Cancer presents one of the most serious problems of disease, for not only does it cause a considerable proportion of the deaths-from five to ten per cent-but there seems to be no doubt that the disease is increasing rapidly. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9178/1/General-Considerations-in-Communicable-Diseases.html It has become the fashion loudly to proclaim that all the communicable diseases are preventable. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9177/1/Diseases-in-Which-the-Method-of-Spread-Is-Unknown.html There are a number of diseases in which the channel of infection and the method of spread are entirely unknown. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/9176/1/The-Insect-Borne-Diseases.html The fourth large group of communicable diseases is made up of those which are transmitted by insects. no@email.com (Roger I. Lee) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700