sanitarian

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.

plural sanitarians

1. USA public health or sanitation worker.
2. historicalA person who promoted sanitary reforms.

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   Inspection and education, therefore, will accomplish much; but in the present state of the milk industry it can not protect against infection. The milk problem of a large community is precisely similar to the water problem. Sanitarians have now come to the sensible conclusion that the watershed should be protected, but nevertheless the water must be purified by filtration. Similarly the "milkshed" should be protected, but the milk can not be depended upon unless it is pasteurized.

   1908 February 28, M.J. Rosenau, “V. [5.] Pasteurization, its advantages and disadvantages”, in Circular, 153: The dissemination of disease by dairy products, and methods for prevention, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, pages 53-54