In 1952, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Department of the Interior established a Sanitarian Aide Program—the first hands-on public health program for American Indian communities. Working with BIA, the Communicable Disease Center—as CDC was known at that time—led an eight-week training course attended by representatives from ten tribes. The curriculum included information about insect control, potable water supply, waste disposal, rabies control, plague control, community clean-up campaigns, and food sanitation.
Environmental sanitation course led by the Communicable Disease Center in Phoenix, Arizona, 1952 Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCDC Bulletin article about the environmental sanitation course for American Indians in Phoenix, Arizona, 1952 Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sanitation Problems of the American Indians. (PDF) H. Norman Old. Am J Public Health Nations Health. 1953 Feb; 43(2): 210–215. PMC1620185Your home is not complete without a sanitary unit, recommended by the State Department of Public Health, 1936 Courtesy of the Library of Congress Work Projects Administration Poster Collection POS – WPA – ILL .01 .Y67, no