The Health Commissioner for St Louis was given legal authority to make public health decisionsﾠ
On Oct. 7, 1918, Dr. Max C. Starkloff, Health Commissioner for St. Louis, assembled city officials, the U.S. Public Health Service, and other community officials to discuss how to battle the influenza epidemic. Starkloff was given legal authority to make public health decisions.
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Source: Influenza Encyclopedia, University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine
Credit: Courtesy University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine.
