Public health efforts began in Vermont, as elsewhere, out of a need to protect the public from diseases caused mostly by unsafe water supplies and contagion.
Over 100 years ago, the first Vermont State Board of Health could little envision the many accomplishments that public health efforts would achieve in the state – several of which were recognized throughout the country as pioneering efforts. Nor could anyone have imagined the scope of public health services expected by our citizens today and provided by Vermont’s public health workers.
