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Displaying 61 Finding Aids
Title
- Typhoid fever case investigation files
Series Number
- B0166
Summary
- This series consists of medical and circumstantial evidence collected by State Department of Health epidemiologists to determine the source and type of reported cases of typhoid fever, plus medical information on the course of the illness. Documentation includes a case investigation form detailing vital statistics; history of typhoid fever occurrence and vaccinations; antibiotic treatment; possible sources of exposure to and further spread of typhoid; household and visitor census; and laboratory specimen culturing results. Also included is a narrative case history. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Tuberculosis (TB) case and contact register
Series Number
- B2392
Summary
- This series was created to document individual tuberculosis cases and to provide statistical and census information for the entire state.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Communicable Disease Control (1982- )
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy.
Title
- Bureau chief's public employee training program files
Series Number
- A4379
Summary
- This series primarily contains the correspondence, memoranda, program schedules, and syllabi of Albert H. Hall, chief of the Bureau of Public Service Training. The bureau provided instruction to state employees on subjects related to their vocations. Though it was part of the Education Department, it served all state agencies.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Public Service Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Annual reports
Series Number
- B2459
Summary
- This series consists of an annual report submitted to the governor by the State Board of Health. Subjects include sewage systems; water supplies; water pollution sources; instructions to local boards of health; investigation of food coloring; investigations of sanitary conditions at summer resorts; vital statistics recording; sanitary conditions of the State including information on outbreaks of small pox, influenza, typhoid fever, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and acute respiratory diseases; and an extensive report by the Tuberculosis Committee.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Empire State Stem Cell Board archived websites
Series Number
- B2100
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Empire State Stem Cell Board, which was established in 2007 to support stem cell research in New York State and is headed by the Commissioner of the State Department of Health.
Creator
- Empire State Stem Cell Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Binghamton State Office Building cleanup files
Series Number
- 22426
Summary
- This series documents the effectiveness of decontamination cleanup efforts related to the complex and extensive accidental PCB contamination of the Binghamton State Office Building, which occurred as the result of an intense fire on February 5, 1981. Records chiefly consist of technical information and scientific analysis information, press releases, and correspondence documenting the cleanup, decontamination, and reoccupancy of the building.
Creator
- New York (State). Center for Environmental Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Interstate basin commission administration files
Series Number
- A1118
Summary
- The series documents New York's participation in several interstate sanitary and water pollution control commissions including those related to following draingage basins: boundry waters, Delaware River, Susquehanna River, Ohio River Valley, and Great Lakes. The files include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings and hearings, transcripts, analytical data, and investigation studies. Maps, diagrams, and some photographs are also present, most often in copies of commission reports, promotional literature, or special research projects.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Medical reference file
Series Number
- B1346
Summary
- This series contains information about diseases contracted by workers at industrial sites, organized by type or cause of disease. Medical histories list occupations; symptoms; medical test results and diagnosis. Other records include lists of industrial sites with statistical analyses of medical problems; correspondence; proposed revisions to state codes on worker safety; public and private agency pamphlets on workplace safety and hazards; case studies; reports; surveys and reviews of literature concerning industrial diseases. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Industrial Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Personal medical histories arerestricted for 75 years to protect personal privacy.
Title
- Statewide sewage disposal, water pollution, and discharge permit files
Series Number
- A1117
Summary
- The series consists of waste water sewage disposal files, including records on state inspection and regulation of sewage treatment facilities and projects and efforts to control water pollution resulting from unsanitary disposal of waste by corporate and private entities.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Special occupational health studies research files
Series Number
- B1348
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Industrial Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Access to personal health-related information is restricted pursuant to New York State Public Health Law Section 18 and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Occupational health investigation files
Series Number
- 16089
Summary
- This series contains occupational health investigation files, predominantly for manufacturing and industrial companies. The series includes "Assignment and Report Digest Sheets"; short narrative reports; data recorded from site visits or laboratory analyses; engineering surveys; equipment plans, and certificates of final approval for equipment installations at factories; and correspondence related to reported and remediated hazards.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Industrial Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part pursuant to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) sect. 87.2. Records are subject to review and redaction prior to disclosure. Workmen's/Workers' Compensation Board documents identifying claimants are exempt from disclosure under Workers' Compensation Law sect. 110-a.
Title
- Registers and index to incoming correspondence
Series Number
- A3310
Summary
- This series consists of two daily registers of correspondence received by the State Board of Health and one volume that serves as a partial name index to the registers. Registers list name, title (of medical professionals), and place of residence or location of business of persons from whom correspondence was received each day. Registers list the same categories of information regarding letters that were filed on a given day. Occasional notes appear in the margins indicating number of notices sent to druggists, presidents of villages, supervisors of towns, or local boards of health on a given day.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Interstate water quality standards files
Series Number
- A1119
Summary
- This series contains files on the establishment of enforceable water quality standards for interstate and coastal waters. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1965 required each state to adopt water quality standards applicable to interstate waters within or on its borders. The Department of Health's Division of Pure Waters drafted the New York standards. Files include reports, hearing summaries, correspondence, memorandums, and maps.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Pure Waters
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State and War Council agencies and local war councils general reporting files
Series Number
- A4301
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, and posters sent to the War Council's Executive Secretary reporting on activities of agencies involved in war work and local war councils. Many organizations are represented in this series, including: Emergency Food Commission; Nursing Council; Office of Civilian Mobilization; Office of Civilian Protection; and Salvage Division. Topics discussed include: civil defense; child care; housing; labor; rationing; salvage; and education and training.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of Health Office of the Commissioner transcripts of public hearings on medical services regulatory policies
Series Number
- B1072
Summary
- This series consists of expert testimony presented before Department of Health hearing officers to refine proposed code policies and formulas for hospitals, nursing homes, and other health related facilities. Witnesses include representatives of hospitals, Blue Cross plans, physicians' groups, labor organizations, and consumer affairs agencies. Issues discussed include economic indexes for computing reimbursement rates; exclusion of medical education and research from the rate-setting formula; and different levels of needs of the chronically-ill elderly.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Board of Estimate and Control report files
Series Number
- A3215
Summary
- Legislation of 1921 established a Board of Estimate and Control and directed it to conduct a survey of all state departments, offices, and institutions to determine where waste and duplication of effort existed. The Board was then to recommend improvements to each agency or recommend to the legislature that agencies or functions be consolidated or discontinued. This series consists mainly of typescript studies or "surveys" made by Board employees concerning particular state agencies or institutions.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1921-1922 : Miller)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council minutes and reports
Series Number
- B1113
Summary
- The series consists of minutes and reports of the Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council's (IHHC) Committee on Rehabilitation and its Subcommittee on Services to the Blind and Deaf. Also included are final drafts of reports analyzing state program needs and IHHC activities in the area of rehabilitation. Topics include disabled patients; rehabilitation; services to the blind, visually handicapped, and deaf; and the needs of severely emotionally disturbed blind and deaf children.
Creator
- New York (State). Interdepartmental Health and Hospital Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Deputy Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 22576
Summary
- Ivan P. Vamos served as deputy commissioner of Planning and Operations from 1978 to 1993, under Commissioner Orin Lehman in the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). This series contains correspondence, memoranda, copies of deeds, geological surveys, research studies/reports, and environmental analyses. The records document the operations of parks, recreation and historic sites, and include material on such topics as evaluations of storm damage, environmental issues and repairs, trail maintenance, and maintenance of bridges and roads leading to and from state parks.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Planning Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State park and campsite wastewater disposal files
Series Number
- A1123
Summary
- This series from the Division of Water and predecessor units consists of files on the planning and development of sewage waste disposal and treatment systems, and testing done to determine water pollution or contamination at state parks and campsites. The records include memorandums, correspondence, plans, maps, specifications, contract drawings, reports, permits, construction applications, technical reviews of plans, test results, brochures, and complaint letters about existing park conditions.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Drainage basin subject files
Series Number
- A1120
Summary
- The series consists of subject files documenting cooperative state and federal government efforts to monitor and control pollution and water resources development in New York State drainage basins. Each river basin's file contains information pertinent to locations (of towns or rivers) within that basin. Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, classification files, water resources and development studies, pollution abatement and hearing files, and other subject files. Also included are related plans, maps, profiles, sections, and photographs.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.