Details - Public Health Image Library(PHIL)

ID#:

8447

Caption:

This historic image depicted a document that was used to certify a patient’s sound health. Issued by the state of Vermont, it had to be signed by a physician. Note the seal of the American Child Health Association, and its declaration of May Day, which occurs on May 1st, each year, and is referred to as Child Health Day. The original image was scanned from a glass lantern slide donated by the Minnesota Department of Health, and is one of a historical collection of documents and photographs devoted to observances of Child Health Day in the United States. Starting May 1, 1924, May Day was designated Child Health Day in the United States, and its territories. Awareness of child health in America was stimulated, by the plight of refugee children during World War One (1914-1918). The American Child Health Association, which started the observance, was founded in 1923, when the Child Health Organization and the American Child Hygiene Association merged.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Minnesota Department of Health, R.N. Barr Library; Librarians Melissa Rethlefsen and Marie Jones

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Links:

Minnesota Health Department
Minnesota Health Department; R.N. Barr Library

Categories:

CDC Organization