A Public-Health Heart Program — First Report

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Abstract
IN MAY, 1948, the Massachusetts Medical Society endorsed in principle a pilot study of the public-health aspects of heart disease.1 The study was to be conducted in Newton under the joint sponsorship of the Newton Health Department, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the United States Public Health Service.2 Its objectives were to determine methods of helping to reduce cardiovascular disease and conserve cardiac function.A period of a year does not allow sufficient time to draw definite conclusions or submit findings for qualitative or quantitative analysis. However, it does seem fitting to report to the Massachusetts Medical Society . . .

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