title: [Public health in Poland before World War II--lesson learned].
abstract: The article discusses the most important legal acts regulating the activities of the institutions of public health in interwar period in Poland. Particular attention was paid to the Ministry of Public Health, municipal boards, the Office of the Extraordinary Commissioner for Combating Epidemics and the National Institute of Hygiene. The substantive scope of the Basic Sanitary Act of 19 July 1919 was presented. The scope of the Act was compared with 10 essential public health services as defined in 1994 in the U.S.A. A significant compatibility of views on public health in the past and present-day was reported. It was recalled that after World War II in Poland public health issues have been scattered into numerous acts. It was proposed to regard the Basic Sanitary Act as a hint when creating a present, a comprehensive law on the public health system.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Epidemiologii i Promocji Zdrowia Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego w Warszawie. dorotac@cmkp.edu.pl
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cianciara
mesh_terms: D006077:Government Agencies / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000266:history*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000266:history; D011044:Poland; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000266:history; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*