Allied Professions
Environmental Health has its origins in the last century, when
bad housing, poor water supplies, inadequate drainage and contaminated food caused disease
and death. Environmental Health Officers (formerly Sanitary Inspectors and Public Health
Inspectors) have been looking after the publics health since 1848. The work today
reflects both the problems brought about by modern lifestyles, and some of the older
problems which still face many members of the community. |