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Displaying 12 Finding Aids
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
- Accounts of expenditures for fighting the influenza epidemic
Series Number
- A0772
Summary
- The series consists of a handwritten journal of funds (primarily payroll) expended to combat the outbreak of influenza. The journal is divided into two sections. The first section lists salaries paid and includes appointment date; name; position (such as clerk, nurse, physician, publicity expert, field agent); and salary rate. The second section lists account expenditures and includes payment date; to whom paid; folio number; amount for traveling, communication, or salary; and the available balance.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports of contagious diseases from local boards of health
Series Number
- B0290
Summary
- This series contains monthly totals of communicable disease cases reported to the State Department of Health as mandated by law. Diseases are represented by letter codes in headings, with numbers of cases for each respective disease listed in columns. Also included is a table of statistics compiled for "Greater New York" and the "State Outside of Greater New York."
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Communicable Diseases
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- General hospital admission chest x-ray program administrative files
Series Number
- 10416
Summary
- The administrative files of the Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control contain background research, correspondence, memorandums describing program development and policies, statistical summaries, equipment records, and individual hospital program files. The series documents department responses to declining case-finding statistics, difficult field administration, and changing medical practice.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Tuberculosis Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Typhoid fever case report cards
Series Number
- B0164
Summary
- Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of data on victims of typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, salmonella, and (after 1950) salmonella carriers. Personal data includes patient's name; address; occupation; age; sex; color/race; national origin; household composition; and type of residence. Medical data includes diagnosis; probable infection source; food and water sources; sanitary condition; and precautions taken against spread of disease. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control
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
- Epidemiological studies
Series Number
- 17683
Summary
- This series consists of the final reports and publications of study results of epidemiological studies conducted by the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Access Restrictions
- Working files found in this series are restricted.
Title
- Smallpox case report cards
Series Number
- B0167
Summary
- Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series contains data on smallpox victims. Personal data includes patient's name; age; sex; color/race; marital status; country of mother's birth; and address. Medical data includes first symptom date; date reported; last successful vaccination date; site where infection occurred; reporting physician's signature; changes in diagnosis; vaccination response; declarations of small pox and rescindments of smallpox certifications. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Communicable Diseases
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
- Outbreak survey forms
Series Number
- B1888
Summary
- This series documents a typhoid fever outbreak which occurred in Orleans County, New York in the summer of 1989. Records consists of forms which document individual typhoid cases and potential cases. The information on the forms includes personal identifiers, where meals were taken, food consumed, symptoms, and medical treatment administered. Also included are follow up forms for culture-confirmed cases, compiled data, and correspondence with county health departments which were involved in monitoring the outbreak.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- Records are restricted to protect personal privacy of patients. Requests for access are administered by Archives staff according to the State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Tuberculosis case report cards
Series Number
- B0162
Summary
- State law required all physicians to notify the State Department of Health about specific cases of infectious, contagious, or communicable disease. This series consists of personal (name, sex, color/race, birth date or age, marital status, occupation, address) and medical data about victims of tuberculosis reported by physicians throughout the state. Medical data includes lab results; diagnosis (extent, activity, or change in diagnosis); reporting doctor's name and address; hospital name; and admitting and discharge dates. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
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; by New York Public Health Law sect. 2221; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Poliomyelitis case report cards
Series Number
- B0163
Summary
- Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of personal and medical data of polio victims. Personal data includes patient's name; address; occupation; age; sex; color/race; and national origin. Medical data includes where and how the disease was contracted; physical relationship to milk production or dairy farming; onset, duration, extent, and location of paralysis; contagion preventative measures; and (after 1960) immunization history. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Acute Communicable Disease Control
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
- Bureau of Occupational Health epidemiological and special studies
Series Number
- 16968
Summary
- This series includes investigative studies and reports that document occupational and environmental health problems among New York State residents. These studies and reports contain health data, including but not limited to confidential medical records.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Occupational Health
Access Restrictions
- Access to medical records and other confidential information found in this series is restricted. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Environmental exposure registries
Series Number
- 17682
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence and interim and final reports of registries of information on radiation contamination in specific geographic areas. The reports are meant to analyze and detect health risks or potentially health threatening patterns.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Access Restrictions
- Working files found in this series are restricted.