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Sanitary survey of New York City becomes the first public health survey.

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Directed by physician, Stephen Smith, the survey includes general living conditions in the city and the control of sewage. The physicians who launch the survey do so with the belief that the "city's moral and economic prosperity [is] intimately tied to its residents' physical well-being" (VirtualNY). This leads to the first comprehensive health legislation.