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Displaying 32 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
- Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 19095
Summary
- Files consist of records of commissioners of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and of its predecessor divisions. Files include correspondence, reports, minutes, fiscal materials, planning documents and other materials relating to the operation of the agency, its programs, and cooperative efforts with other agencies.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Agriculture and Markets Executive Office Commissioner's day books
Series Number
- B2580
Summary
- This series consists of Commissioner's outgoing correspondence and day books.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Executive Office
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
- Department of Health Commissioner's Office subject files
Series Number
- 13307
Summary
- These subject files contain correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, reports, press releases, speeches, legislative and grant proposals, and hearing testimony. The files deal with such health related issues such as abortion, care for the disabled and handicapped, substance abuse, public health education, and rising medical costs. Files also document health-related research projects and the various commissioners' relationships with health care organizations.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- 13307-09: Use of originals is restricted; consult photocopies of letters in master file.
Title
- Board of Health account books
Series Number
- A0779
Summary
- This series consists of account books documenting the disbursement of funds related to the State Board of Health's responsibility for reporting on and investigating health threats such as infectious diseases. Expenses include wages and salaries; travel reimbursement; food, drug, and disease analysis and testing; and office supplies. Entries may include date; name; position; itemized charges; description of why or how the expense was incurred; amount of expense/disbursement; and total amounts by account, year, and/or appropriation.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Coordination of State Activities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Methadone treatment facility inspection or program review case files
Series Number
- 13311
Summary
- These case files consist of general information about various methadone rehabilitation and treatment facilities throughout New York State, standard inspection reports adherent to federal regulations, and summaries of findings which include deficiency lists. The records also contain sample case histories including redacted client case files. Additionally, the files may contain correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the inspection of the facilities.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Medical Services Unit
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy pursuant to U.S. Public Law 92-255, Sect. 408 relating to confidentiality of patient records.
Title
- Reports of client deaths in methadone treatment programs
Series Number
- 13350
Summary
- These files contain reports of deaths of clients in various methadone treatment programs located throughout New York State. The reports provide a small, concentrated body pertaining to the medical histories of heroin addicts. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Medical Services Unit
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy pursuant to U.S. Public Law 92-255, Sect. 408 relating to confidentiality of patient records.
Title
- New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services Office of the Director substance abuse service providers program files
Series Number
- 16085
Summary
- This series from the Division of Substance Abuse Services Director's Office includes general correspondence, reports, and material relating to the licensing of various substance abuse services providers. Some records may be restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Director
Access Restrictions
- Restricted. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Department of Health Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Director's subject files
Series Number
- 13855
Summary
- The files are primarily those of Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Directors Richard Rothenberg and Donald O. Lyman. Files consist of correspondence, memorandums, periodical clippings, maps, case files, statistical reports, survey questionnaires, and legislative proposals and bills. Subjects include black flies; influenza immunization and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Polyradiculoneuritis); dairy herd leucosis; feline leukemia; rabies; live syphilis bacteria; vaccine policies; and legislation and public education efforts to increase immunization for communicable diseases.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- 13855-12: Records may be restricted to protect personal privacy.
- 13855-20: Several of the volumes have broken bindings and need to be handled under the supervision of an archivist.
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
- Department of Social Welfare files relating to public health
Series Number
- A3274
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, reports, project applications, proposals, news releases, articles, newspaper clippings, speeches, programs, publications, charts, maps, schedules, and other literature about public health in New York State. Most records which document public health, public assistance, and health insurance, were created and maintained by Dr. H. Jackson Davis, who established the first statewide health care program for persons on public relief assistance. Also included are medical plans from New York counties and literature on milk sanitation.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- AIDS information file
Series Number
- 16088
Summary
- This series contains bulletins, research notes, and general correspondence and information pertaining to AIDS research, as well as an outreach and prevention project conducted by the Office of the Director.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Director
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Wadsworth Center journal publication files
Series Number
- 20689
Summary
- The Wadsworth Center of the Department of Health combines basic and applied research and education in biomedical and environmental sciences with a public health mission of clinical and environmental testing and quality assurance. This series consists of articles published in scientific journals by Wadsworth Center scientists relating to their research at the center's facilities. The series also includes pre-publication editorial memoranda related to scientific content, choice of journal, and adherence to procedures when experiments are conducted on humans or animals.
Creator
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research
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
- New York City Watershed subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2808
Summary
- This series consists of a wide range of subject and correspondence files resulting from the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) participation in the development and the subsequent implementation of the New York City Watershed Agreement.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Watershed Management
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner's outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- 19096
Summary
- This series contains the outgoing correspondence of Marguerite T. Saunders, who served as served as Commissioner of the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) from 1992-1994, and as Executive Deputy Director (1984-1988) and Director (1988-1992) of the Office of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. The series supplements Series 19095 Commissioner's Subject and Correspondence Files of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner's Subject and Correspondence Files
Title
- Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 19647
Summary
- This series consists of a variety of correspondence, speeches, reports, memoranda, and related records concerning the operation and direction of the Department of Agriculture and Markets in promoting and encouraging the state's agriculture industry, improving the marketing of the state's agricultural products, and promoting public health.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.