New York State Department of Health Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Typhoid Fever Positive Lab reports

Chronological by year; then by region (i.e., Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, and White Plains); then alphabetical by patient's last name.

The records were generated in response to Section 25 of Chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws of 1909 (L. 1909, Ch. 49). This law required all physicians to immediately notify the State Department of Health of every case of "infectious and contagious or communicable" disease. The tests were then performed by the department's Division of Laboratories and Research.

This series consists of 7" x 5 1/2" printed forms compiled by the Health Department's Division of Laboratories and Research. The reports confirm the presence of typhoid fever and provide the following data: the laboratory number; date; source from which blood was taken; patient's name and address; date the sample was taken; doctor's name; institution address; results of tests; and health officer's name and address. The back of the form provides an interpretation of the results.

B0164Series B0164, Typhoid fever case report cards

B0165Series B0165, Deceased and released typhoid carriers case files

B0166Series B0166, Typhoid fever case investigation files and

B1068Series B1068, Typhoid fever carriers case control cards contain case investigation files and lab reports, generated by the State Department of Health, that document the study of typhoid fever.

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.