The base of the Department of Labor Hygiene and Art of Occupational Diseases was founded in 1930, the Chair of Child and Adolescents Hygiene was established in 1935.
In 1946, the Department of "School hygiene" was renamed into Department of Child and Adolescent Hygiene in 1954. Until 1988, the "Hygiene of Child and Adolescents" as a free chair, and labor hygiene, together with illnesses, acted as a free chair under the title of "Labor Hygiene and Art Diseases".
In 1989, the Department of Hygiene and Labor Hygiene of Child and Adolescents was united and renamed the Department of Hygiene and Hygiene of Child and Adolescents.
Department of labor hygiene and hygiene of Child and adolescents in different years prof.P.Y.Kaufmann, N.K.Baikhushov, prof. B.A.Shektman, H.Aliyev, R.A.Orucov and M. Efendizadeh, prof.A.M.Mammadov, prof.V.A.Aliyev, B.A.Bagirova, S.A.Gurzaliyev led the chair.
From January 2017, the chair is headed by associate professor, PhD Sh. M. Balayeva.
There are 5 doctoral and 30 candidate dissertations in the department. 8 textbooks, 5 monographs, numerous methodological recommendations and scientific articles.
Child and adolescent hygiene, labor hygiene subjects are taught at the IV, V and VI courses of the Public Health Faculty of ATU. Teaching work is carried out in Azerbaijani and Russian languages, as lectures and practice classes (on the curriculum system).
At the moment, there are 14 employees, including: Head of the Department - Ph.D., acc.prof - 1 person; Professor - 1 person; acc.prof -7 people; assistant – 1 per., Chief laboratories - 1 person, laboratorian - 1 person; head preparation - 1 person; Preparation - 1 person.
Employees of the department are actively involved in public affairs of the University, Ministry of Health and Education.