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NAS Lapel Pin


On June 25, 1937, the organization known as the California Association of Sanitarians was changed by resolution to the National Association of Sanitarians (NAS) and was incorporated on November 5, 1937, in California. 

The NAS slogan and symbol is embodied in the thumbscrew nut lapel pin pictured above. The slogan, “Sanitation—the Beacon Light of Public Health,” was adopted in 1932 and the emblem (a shield with a beacon in the center) was adopted on December  11, 1937, at the first annual meeting of NAS in San Luis Obispo, California.

NEHA Industry Affiliate Lapel Pin


The private sector, or industry, has always been an important segment of our profession, especially in retail food. NEHA has always had members that have worked within the private sector. These members recognized the need to work together with professionals from the regulatory sector toward the common goal of protecting the public's health and the environment. 

In the late 1970s, an Industry Advisory Committee was formed to explore the possibility of forming an Industry Affiliate as part of NEHA. The Industry Affiliate received its charter in 1985 in the belief that the affiliate status would encourage involvement and leadership from industry. Initially the Industry Affiliate was quite successful and shared many programs with the regulatory members of NEHA. 

One of the highlights of the NEHA Annual Educational Conference (AEC) & Exhibition was the Industry Affiliate’s special night out and dinner. 

The Industry Affiliate lapel pin was one of the largest of all the affiliate pins, which made it the most sought after by AEC participants.

The Sanitarian, Volume 1, Issue 1

  

The National Association of Sanitarians (NAS) published the first issue of The Sanitarian in June 1938. The Sanitarian would be renamed the Journal of ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ in August 1962.

The first issue has 28 pages. It is small in size (approximately 7 x 10 in.) and featured a brown cover that included the NAS logo. Walter S. Mangold is listed as the editor-in-chief. A single copy cost $0.25 and a yearly subscription was $2.50 for the U.S. and $3.00 for Canada.

The table of contents list the following:

  • Editorial (page 4)
  • Over the Editor's Desk (page 5)
  • "An Experimental Series on the Contamination of Milk Caps and Milk Truck Sacks" by R.V. Stone, DVM (page 6)
  • Association Activities (page 9)
  • New Items for Sanitarians (page 13)
  • Reviews and Abstracts (page 18)

A listing of NAS officers for 1938 is listed in the table of contents on page 3. A membership application is printed on page 12 with an active membership costing $5/year. 

Advertising is included on the inside front cover, inside back cover, and outside back cover, as well on page 26. The companies that advertised in the first issue are listed below:

  • Sunland Biscuit Co.
  • Sterilite Chemical Co.
  • T.V. Allen, Inc.
  • Hotel Nash
  • Mount Wilson Hotel
  • Youngs Rubber Corporation, Inc. (The advertisement is for Trojan Brand prophylactics, ad pictured to the right.)
  • Purex
  • The J.B. Ford Sales Co.
  • Edward Brothers, Inc. (The advertisement is for The Sanitarian and His Duties by Grace Loye)

The Sanitarian's Desk Reference

 
In 1962, the National Association of Sanitarians (NAS) published The Sanitarian’s Desk Reference. It had nine sections made up of reprints from The Sanitarian, the NAS journal (later to become the Journal of ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝). The sections covered the basics of the profession and included general environmental health, food, milk, institutions, housing, solid waste, water—wastewater and plumbing, vectors, and veterinary public health. It also had a section on current published resources of value to the field sanitarian. 

The Sanitarian’s Desk Reference was found in almost every health department and was used extensively to document reports and prepare letters of abatement and other official regulatory actions. It was also used by individuals studying for the sanitarian registration examination. The authors represented in this desk reference read like a who’s who of environmental health. Only one issue of the desk reference was published.