RT Journal
T1 BUenos aires
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD February 23
VO 92
IS 8
SP 665
OP 665
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02700340065025
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700340065025
AB Executive Board of Public Health 
    When President Irigoyen took charge of the government, the newspapers announced that he planned to form an executive board of public health, which would be organized and directed by Dr. A. Agudo Avila. This branch would unite the services of the national department of hygiene, the public help department of the federal capital, the welfare society, and the committee of the regional asylums and hospitals. This step would permit the better unification and coordination of the pecuniary resources and the work and institutions of prophylaxis and treatment, but it is doubtful whether the municipality of the capital and the welfare society would accept this direction. They are powerful organizations and it is probable that they would oppose this plan. Dr. Conrado Migeuz has been appointed director of the public help department of the federal capital. The presidency of the national department of hygiene is still