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Report Of The Inter-Bureau Committee On Migrants

Author: Inter-Bureau Committee On Migrants
Date Published: 1952


This booklet describes the findings of the Inter-Bureau Committee on Migrants' research on the health problems of migratory laborers. Findings include: domestic agricultural migrants have the most crucial problems; agricultural migrants have similar problems that rural dwellers have; and Public Health Service units have not given sufficient attention to migrants' problems. The committee also makes recommendations based on their findings, including: A permanent unit on rural health be established; A series of interstate corporations be formed to serve the main migratory streams.

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