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Timeline
Your NYC Health History
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 1805-1969
| 1805 |
Board of Health meets for the first time |
| 1842 |
City gets fresh water from Croton Reservoir |
| 1870 |
Department of Health (DOH) creates four administrative bureaus |
| 1884 |
DOH creates Division of Food Inspection and Offensive Trades |
| 1892 |
Bureau of Laboratories opens the first bacteriological lab |
| 1904 |
DOH opens Tuberculosis clinics |
| 1915 |
Bureau of Public Health Education begins |
| 1928 |
Bureau of Nursing begins |
| 1935 |
DOH breaks ground for headquarters at 125 Worth Street |
| 1947 |
6.3 million people vaccinated against smallpox |
| 1954 |
DOH develops and tests Salk vaccine in NYC |
| 1954 |
New York City Community Mental Health Board begins |
| 1969 |
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program begins |
| 1969 |
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services begins |
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