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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

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Title

Minutes

Series Number

A0769

Summary

This series records the actions of the State Board of Health at its quarterly and special meetings. Information includes members present, resolutions, bylaws, and meeting sites. Meeting discussions focus primarily on complaints about drainage, sewerage, and water quality in New York towns, but minutes also include statements of the board's expenditures, appointments, reports of committees (such as sanitation and tuberculosis), and discussions concerning food purity and labeling.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Coordination of State Activities

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Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Office of Counsel water pollution control case files

Series Number

10407

Summary

This is an incomplete series of case files documenting legal action brought by the Department of Environmental Conservation against water polluters, usually municipalities or businesses (accused parties' names fall between F and L). The files, which document the entire enforcement process, contain notices of hearings, findings, correspondence, transcripts of hearings, memoranda, rough notes from meetings, maps, case reports, petitions, complaints, registered mail receipts, and a small number of photographs. The whereabouts of the remaining case files is unknown.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of General Counsel

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Title

Survey of discharges by businesses into state waterways

Series Number

12205

Summary

This series contains forms detailing the amount and type of effluence discharged into the state's rivers, lakes, and streams by various businesses in 1903. Businesses self-reported to the Department of Health, the location and nature of their business; the number of outlets discharging effluvia; processes which created the discharges; the kind, amount, and location of the discharge; and the amount of sewage within the discharge. The numbers of employees by gender, including children under 16 employed, are also listed.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health

Title

Pure water files

Series Number

A1122

Summary

This series from the Division of Water and predecessor offices reveals a part of the state's effort to control water pollution. It contains studies on the causes of water pollution, status reports on sewerage systems, memorandums, correspondence, public hearing transcripts, maps, letters from citizens complaining of polluted lakes or streams, and documentation from investigations and litigation against accused polluters.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Water

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.