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National Board of Health created.

1879

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The National Board of Health is created when the 45th Congress passes An Act to Prevent the Introduction of Infectious or Contagious Disease into the United States, and to Establish a National Board of Health.

The National Board of Health represents the federal government's first organized, comprehensive, national medical research effort.