What is "health officer"

Health \Health\ (h[e^]lth), n. [OE. helthe, AS. h[=ae]l[thorn], fr. h[=a]l hale, sound, whole. See Whole.]

1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.

   There is no health in us.
   --Book of Common Prayer.

   Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage.
   --Buckminster.

2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. ``Come, love and health to all.''
   --Shak.

   Bill of health. See under Bill.

   Health lift, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called lifting machine.

   Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.

   To drink a health. See under Drink.