19th Century Public Health

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Public health officials have been apprehensive about the consequences of the environment on human health. During the nineteenth century, public health movements in the United States were primarily focused on preventing the spread of infectious diseases (Committee et al., 2005). Urban reformers began to take action, thereby adopting zoning laws and building codes in order to diminish the spread of infectious diseases from overpopulated conditions in the metropolitan areas. Reformers have accomplished this by lowering housing densities as well as separating residences from toxic commercial and industrial

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