Public Health Act of 1879
Public Health Act of 1879 or National Board of Health Act, 1879 was a [United U.S. state|States Statutes at Large|United States federal statute] authorizing the creation of the National Board of Health. The Act of Congress was an appeal for a national public health organization and national quarantine system for purposes of contagious or infectious diseases discovered in nineteenth century America. The United States public law sanctioned the newly formed National Health Board and Academy of Sciences to provide reports concerning public health information with regards to the Perpetual Union or States for the purposes of;