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State Board of Health Established
Established under the Constitution of 1885, the original State Board of Health located in Jacksonville was created. Dr. Joseph Porter, Secretary of the State Board of Health and Florida’s first state health officer, recognized the necessity of having local representatives and selected practicing physicians as “county agents”. -
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Attempts to establish County Health Departments halted by funds.
During the 1920’s attempts to establish County Health Departments were stalled by reductions in the appropriations to the State Board of Health. -
County Health Departments begin to form
It wasn’t until after an act that permitted the State Board of Health to join with local authorities that CHDs were formed in Florida. -
Heatlh Department Founded
Polk County Health Department was founded and the first clinic opened in an area of Bartow on 17th Street. This office later moved to Bartow Air Base with District Offices in Bartow & Winter Haven. The original unit consisted of three sanitarians, four nurses and one supervising nurse. The total budget was $38,000 and the health officer’s salary and travel of $4,500 was paid by the state. -
Dr. C.E. Osborne assumes leadership on loan from the State Board of Health
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Dr. Lawrence M. Zell becomes the 1st county Health Officer
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The second clinic in Mulberry opened
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Clinics opened in Winter Haven and Lake Wales
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Typhus Fever broke out in Bartow
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Dr. Edwin G. Riley becomes Health Director
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Health Department Building in 1948
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A fifth clinic is opened in Lakeland
The clinic sat on Florida Avenue in an old two story frame house. -
A district office is opened in Winter Haven
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Dr. Alber O. Ryan Jr. becomes Health Director
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Dr. R. W. McCormas becomes Health Director
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Dr. Robert N. Price becomes Health Director
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Dr. Chester L. Nayfield becomes Health Director
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New offices were built.
New offices were built in Winter Haven, Lakeland, Haines City, Lake Wales, Mulberry, Bartow, Frostproof and Auburndale. -
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Dr. James F. Cason becomes Health Director
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Ground breaking in Auburndale Health Center Building
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"Polk County Health Department a Many Sided Operation"
Read the articleThe Winter Haven Daily News Chief published an article about our work. -
Bernie Cowden
Sanitation Engineer -
Birth and Death Records
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Dental Visit
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Home Nursing Visits
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Sanitation Division
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Dr. William F. Hill becomes Health Director
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Winter Haven Offices circa 1968
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Name changed to Department of Health & rehabilitative Services
Name changed to Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services and pulled together all health, social service, and rehabilitation programs under one “umbrella agency”. The only real change that took place in the State Board of Health is that they changed their letterhead to read Division of Health. -
Mary Sand Clinic is formed
Health Department partnered with Mid State Lung Association and Polk County Association of Nursing Council to start a clinic for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Later became known as Mary Sands Clinic -
Lakeland Health Department relocated to North Florida Ave
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Dr. George Reich becomes Health Director
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Dr. Kevin Sherrin
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Nurse Sheryl Cooper cares for Newborn
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Dr. Kevin Sherin becomes Health Director
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New Lakeland Clinic built
New Lakeland clinic built in north Lakeland at the intersection of Griffin Road and Highway 33. The clinic on North Florida Avenue closed. -
New service locations opened
We broke ground on the new Mary Sand Clinic and opened the Environmental Support Building on Clower St. in Bartow. -
Administration Building opened in Bartow
Administration Building on Golfview Avenue in Bartow opened housing Administrative Offices for Environmental Health, Environmental Engineering, WIC, Nursing, Budget Office, Health Education, Vital Statistics, and MIS -
Dental Visit in Auburndale
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Dr. William F. Hill returns as Health Director
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Ron Sumner becomes Health Administrator
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Ronald Sumner becomes Health Administrator
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Dr. Daniel Haight
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Dr. Daniel Haight becomes Health Director
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Dr. Ulyee Choe becomes Health Director
