The mission of the Braintree Health Department is to
protect, promote and sustain the health, well being and quality of life for residents, the
community and the environment through health assessment, education and prevention.
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Board of Health
Paula Dowd, R.N., Chairman
Philip Nedelman, M.D., Vice-Chairman
Mark Samuelson, M.D., Clerk |
The Board of Health are residents of Braintree, who are elected to a term of office and are given the legal authority to set policies and make regulations to
protect the public and environmental health.
It's a fact:
In 1799, Paul Revere was Chairman of the Board of Health in Boston, the first local health
board in Massachusetts. He and his fellow board members were given broad authority to
control the "filth and offal" that contaminated the environment and produced
deadly epidemics. |