Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Communicable Diseases

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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This series consists of printed forms compiled by the State Department of Health's Division of Laboratories and Research. The reports confirm the presence of typhoid fever and provide the following data: laboratory number; date; source from which blood was taken; patient's name and address; date the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Communicable Diseases

 

 

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Abstract:  

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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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This series consists of cards used to track and categorize chronic carriers of typhoid fever, their status, and reasons they received state aid. Information includes carrier's name; address; birth date or age at operation; occupation; and household census, indicating relevant medical history of others .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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Abstract:  

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; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Acute Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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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. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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This series consists of information on deceased and released typhoid carriers including initial epidemiological investigation report; memorandums summarizing evidence for chronic carrier status; request for and receipt of legal declaration of this status; correspondence between state and local public .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives