title: RELATIVE FUNCTIONS OF STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
abstract: City health work antedates that of the state by about fifty years. The municipality is the powerful agency for local improvement through intensive cultivation of community interest. The state should care for legislation, health surveys, demonstrations and research, and should supplement local appropriations, but municipalities should control their own health administration.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: McCombs