title: Baltimore fluoridates.
abstract: In all the history of human progress, there is no measure for the advancement or protection of the public health more effective at lesser cost than fluoridation of domestic water supplies for the control of tooth decay, the adjustment of the concentration of a substance naturally present in water to a level found to be optimal for dental health. This is the story of its adoption in a city of nearly one million people.
authors.affiliation: Baltimore City Health Department Bureau of Dental Care.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: McCauley
mesh_terms: D015142:Baltimore; D005457:Fluoridation / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D014504:Urban Health / Q000266:history*