Brief presented by the Health Officers of British Columbia, comprised of physicians who are full time Health Officers of the Province (Directors of the 16 Provincial Health Units), the senior Medical Officers of the Metropolitan Health Committee of Vancouver and the Metropolitan Board of Health for Victoria, and the head of the Department of Preventative Medicine, University of British Columbia. The body of the brief deals with the work carried out by the Health Units and many specialized divisions in the Provincial and Metropolitan Public Health Services. The brief contains the following sections: details of the present Health Units in British Columbia; programmes and personnel working in the Health Units; services set up to assist, advise and guide the Health Units; discussion of present and possible future health services with recommendations for improvements; the correlation of new and improved programmes with existing services; requirements of personnel to provide the Health Services; discussion of present and future physical facilities; priorities in developing services; conclusions; and recommendations.