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Letter from W. S. Rankin to Lee Frankel

Creator:: Rankin, Watson S. (Watson Smith), 1879-1970
Title:: Letter from W. S. Rankin to Lee Frankel
Date:: 04 June 1920
Description:: Rankin, then president of the American Public Health Association, wrote to tell Frankel that the APHA had selected committee members to oversee the survey of U.S. urban health department administration that Frankel's company, Metropolitan Life Insurance, had agreed to fund.
Rights:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 2 pages
Language:: English
NLM ID:: 9918573882206676X104
Profiles Collection:: Risk Factors: Measuring and Rating Health, Illness, and Mortality
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918573882206676X104
Story Section:: Collecting and Applying Data to Reduce Risks: Life Insurance Companies and Public Health Agencies, 1900-1950
Exhibit Tags:: data
Recipient:: Frankel, Lee Kaufer, 1867-