1930’s
| The 1930’s were a
time of rapid change. When the Depression struck, funding for public health
was greatly reduced. Federal
Sheppard-Towner funds were lost in 1929. In 1931, the Board of Health
was in jeopardy of losing all its funding, and ended up losing over half of
its funding. By 1933, the Bureau of Child Hygiene was reduced to only three
staff. The situation was much improved in 1935 with the passage of the Social
Security act, which provided significant funding for maternal and child
health services. State funding for other areas of public health was restored. |
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