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Dr. Frédérick Montizambert, Canada’s first public health chief
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Dr. Frédérick Montizambert (1843–1929) was medical superintendent of the Grosse Île quarantine station for 30 years and later oversaw all of Canada’s quarantine stations, pioneering bacteriology and epidemiology. In 1899 he became Canada’s first Director General of Public Health, championing prevention, disinfection and vaccination during a time of mass immigration.
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Montizambert’s public health work, not Grosse Île’s full history.
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