RT Journal
A1 POMEROY JL
T1 HEalth center development in los angeles county
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD November 16
VO 93
IS 20
SP 1546
OP 1550
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02710200030008
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710200030008
AB In presenting the development of the health center plan in Los Angeles County, California, it is clearly understood that conditions differ materially in various sections of this country, but the basic principles of public health organization are the same. While in this paper I shall deal with local conditions as they relate to my experience, the principles involved are of considerable importance throughout the United States. The need for a more definite integration of the many types of health promoting agencies and the mobilization of our financial resources in order to speed up the production of service to the people is of critical importance throughout the country. Especially is this true in relation to adequate public health and medical service in the smaller cities and rural districts in many sections. While science has produced the knowledge and technic to prolong human life, the administrative machinery to make this technic applicable