Dr. Ben Wyman replaced Dr. Hayne as the State Health Officer in 1944. He would be in this job for the next ten years.
	The Board of Health had 16 divisions in 1945, with a budget of $2,422,832 and over 500 employees.  The war brought special challenges as many public health workers entered military service.
	State Board of Health. Sixty-sixth Annual Report of the State Board of Health of South Carolina for the Fiscal Year 1945 to the Legislature of South Carolina. Columbia, SC: State printer, 1946.