| About Us |
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| The Dallas County Health Department is
a political subdivision. In November 1953, by vote of the
people the Health Department was established with a 10 cent mill
tax. |
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The doors soon opened in January 1954. The first Board
Members were appointed by the County Commission. |
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| In 1956, the five member board was
elected by a vote of the people. These five were Dr.
Evelyn Griffin, Dorothy Steelman, Kenneth Nyberg, Margaret
Blodgett and Ralph Stanton. |
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The expenses for services in 1956 are
reported to be $7,337.27 or about 71 cents per person in the
county
The expenses for services in 2008 were $556,773 or about 33.35
per person in the county |
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Services remain much the same today. Communicable Disease
including sexually transmitted disease, TB Control, Maternal and
Child Health, dental and immunizations are still high priority
items. |
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In 1956, 396 persons received services from the Dallas County
Health Department |
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| In 2008, 15,335 persons had contact
with the staff of the Dallas County Health Department |
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| In 2009 Dallas County Health Department
partnered with Hickory County Health Department and applied for
Dual Accreditation. Missouri has a voluntary accreditation
process. We were the FIRST local public health departments
to ever apply for Dual Accreditation. Accreditation is
done through the
Missouri
Institute for Community Health |
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| As our county has grown our services
have had to adapt to meet the demand. Same with newly
discovered disease agents and the complications from chronic
diseases. |
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