AT THE SAME TIME THAT NATIVIDAD WAS constructing its second hospital in 50 years, one part-time doctor, one part-time nurse and $5,000 established the County of Monterey Health Department in 1923. Nurses drove the early work, reaching into every corner of the vast Monterey County to provide health care. These efforts were primarily focused on basic hygiene and controlling infectious diseases in crowded places like agricultural labor camps. The widespread adoption of vaccines in the mid-20th century meant officials could start focusing their attention elsewhere. Above: The County of Monterey Health Department building circa 1950. 1950s 1955 Monterey Institute of International Studies (now Middlebury Institute) opens in downtown Monterey 1951 Naval Postgraduate School moves from Annapolis to Monterey 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival debuts. It is the longest continuously running jazz festival in the world 1950 County of Monterey is a signatory of the California Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is founded 1950s Interstate highway system debuts, intensifying tourism industry and sparking movement to conserve historic adobes Courtesy of the County of Monterey Health Department
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