Health Association
AMERI- CAN PUBLIC, an association of public officials and other individuals interested in the promotion of sanitary science in its relation to municipal government.
The organization had its origin in 1872, when, on April 18, an informal conference was held in New York City, at which were represented five States and five cities. A committee was appointed to draw up a constitution for a national institute of sanitary science. In the following September the constitution was formally adopted and officers were elected. The association has since published a great deal of literature on public sanitation and has devoted much energy to education along these lines.
Its official organ is "The American Journal of Public Health."