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New York State Department of Health Bureau of Tuberculosis Control General Hospital Admission Chest X-ray Program Administrative Files


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

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.
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Title:
General hospital admission chest x-ray program administrative files
Quantity:

4 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1934-1973
Bulk Dates:
(bulk 1946-1966)
Series Number:
10416

Arrangement

Arranged in three subseries: Subseries 1, Program Files, 1934-1966, 2 c.f.; Subseries 2, Discontinued Hospital Programs Correspondence, 1948-1973, 1.75 c.f.; and Subseries 3, Equipment Purchase and Service Files, 1946-1959, 0.25 c.f.

Subseries 1 is arranged roughly by activity and therein chronologically (New York City files are separate from upstate files); Subseries 2 is alphabetical within subgroup by hospital name, then chronological within hospital file (New York City files are separate); and Subseries 3 is roughly alphabetical by vendor name and therein chronological.

Administrative History

The chest x-ray program lent state-purchased x-ray equipment to general hospitals admitting 4,000 or more patients annually. The hospitals screened both inpatient and outpatient admissions. The Health Department reimbursed hospitals for each chest x-ray reading and used the hospital reports to develop statistical information about tuberculosis morbidity and mortality rates.

Important Department of Health officials in development of the case-finding programs were Robert E. Plunkett, M.D., Assistant Commissioner for Tuberculosis Control, and Bureau Directors William Siegal, M.D., Henry H. Shultz, M.D., and Julius Katz, M.D. New York City Department of Hospitals officials responsible for the city program were I.D. Bobrowitz, M.D., Commissioner, and Aaron D. Chavez, M.D., Director of the Tuberculosis Control Program for the city Departments of Health and Hospitals.

Scope and Content Note

The administrative files contain background research, correspondence, and memoranda 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.

Subseries 1, Program Files. Files for the upstate General Hospital Admission Chest X-ray Program contain results of research investigating the need for legislation authorizing free care for tuberculosis victims and the need for the general hospital admission program; correspondence, memoranda, and reports discussing program development, problems, and policy; procedures manuals; case-finding statistical summaries for 1947-1963; hospital applications to enter the program; and hospital requests for equipment and reimbursement. There also are statistical summaries for the Mass Survey X-ray Program for 1957-1958. New York City program files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, manuals, application forms, budget requests, and statistical summaries for 1955-1965.

Subseries 2, Discontinued Hospital Programs Correspondence. General correspondence and memoranda for both the upstate program and the New York City program discuss such issues as hospital facilities and administrative problems; failure to meet x-ray quotas; and merits of different x-ray formats; radiation hazards to hospital staff and patients; case-finding statistical trends; and state program policies. Hospital application requests and requests for equipment and reimbursement contain correspondence discussing eligibility for the program and political considerations in selecting and recruiting participating hospitals.

Correspondence between state program staff and hospital administrators describes each hospital's program; state-loan equipment; patient population; program administration; and problems, such as failure to meet state x-ray quotas, program termination, and disposition of state-owned x-ray equipment.

Subseries 3, Equipment Purchase and Service Files. Correspondence, purchase orders, and charts listing purchase orders describe the x-ray equipment, buses, and repair and maintenance services purchased by the Bureau of Tuberculosis Case Finding for the General Hospital Admission Chest X-ray Program and the Mass Survey Xray Program.

Related Material

10579 New York State Department of Health Bureau of Hospital Certification Director's State Hospital Code Correspondence Files, folder entitled "Section 720.7(h) Routine Chest X-ray," contains records documenting termination of the program.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: 10416-83
1937; 1939 Counties and Local TB Hospitals General Free Care: PT Resources (1937) Means Test (1939); Barcode: B2995931A 1 1
1934 Counties and Local TB Hospitals General Misc. Studies: Care of Custodial Pts; Barcode: B2995932A 1 2
Counties and Local TB Hospitals General Free Care: SDSW (Bulletins re: TB Care, Reports. Etc.) Barcode: B2995933A 1 3
Counties and Local TB Hospitals General Free Care: Conferences, Local Hospitals Supts. Barcode: B2995934A 1 4
1938 Counties and Local TB Hospitals General Misc. Studies: Read Missions to local TB Hospitals; Barcode: B2995935A 1 5
1945 Counties and Local TB Hospitals General Misc. Studies: Comm. On Medical Care (Lembcke) Barcode: B2995936A 1 6
1949 Counties and Local TB Hospitals General Misc. Studies: NY State Hospital Survey (Ginsburg) Barcode: B2995937A 1 7
General Hospital Admission - Apps Corr. Re: Hospitals that withdrew before starting program; Barcode: B2995938A 1 8
1946-1948 General Hospital Admission - General Correspondence; Barcode: B2995939A 1 9
1947 General Hospital Routine Admission - X-Ray Program - Complete TB-41s Barcode: B2995940A 1 10
General Hospital Routine Admission X-Ray Program. Correspondence: Re Form TB-45 (App. For loan or equip and reimbursement); Barcode: B2995941A 1 11
1955 - General Hospital Admission. X-Ray Program. General Correspondence Barcode: B2995942A 2 1
General Hospital Admission. X-Ray Program. Estimates and Comparison of Costs and Printing X-Rays for patients admitted to Gen. Hospital Barcode: B2995943A 2 2
1951-1954 General Hospital Admission. X-Ray Program. General Correspondence Barcode: B2995944A 2 3
1950 General Hospital Admission. X-Ray Program. General Correspondence Barcode: B2995945A 2 4
1949 General Hospital Admission. X-Ray Program. General Correspondence Barcode: B2995946A 2 5
Purchase of X-Ray Equip and other equip for Gen.; Barcode: B2995947A 2 6
1946-1948 Purchase of X-Ray and Other Equipment for Gen. Hospital and Survey Service Prog. Barcode: B2995948A 3 1
General Hospital Admission. X-Ray Program. Requests for Equipment; Barcode: B2995949A 3 2
General Hospital Admission. X-Ray Program. Request for reimbursement only.; Barcode: B2995950A 3 3
General Hospital Program Upstate. X-Ray Program. Unapproved Applications. Barcode: B2995951A 3 4
1966 Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Shultz); Barcode: B2995952A 3 5
1965 Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Schultz); Barcode: B2995953A 3 6
1964 Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Schultz); Barcode: B2995954A 3 7
1963 Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Schultz); Barcode: B2995955A 3 8
1962 Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Schultz); Barcode: B2995956A 3 9
1961 Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Schultz); Barcode: B2995957A 3 10
1960 General Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Wirth); Barcode: B2995958A 3 11
1959 General Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Wirth); Barcode: B2995959A 4 1
1958 General Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Wirth); Barcode: B2995960A 4 2
1957 General Hospital Program General and Chronic. New York City. (Dr. Wirth); Barcode: B2995961A 4 3
1956 General Hospital Reports, New York City Barcode: B2995962A 4 4
1955 General Hospital Reports, New York City Barcode: B2995963A 4 5
1947-1962 General Hospital Adm. Prog. Members; Barcode: B2995964A 4 6
New York City Hosp. Adm. Prog. Forms and Instructions; Barcode: B2995965A 4 7
X-Ray Equipment Estimates, Bids Cost & Purchase; Barcode: B2995966A 4 8
X-Ray Equipment Gen. Info. General Hospital Administration Program NYC Barcode: B2995967A 4 9
1956 NYC Hospital Program; Barcode: B2995968A 4 10
Radiation Hazard Data Gen. Hosp. New York City; Barcode: B2995969A 4 11
1955-1965 NYC Hospital Adm. Prog Barcode: B2995970A 4 12
1965 January 1969 December; 1970 January 23 Telephone Sheets; Barcode: B3283610A 57 1
1956; 1957-1958 Annual/Stat Summary NYC Gen. Hosp. Admin. Prog.; Barcode: B2995974A 5 4
1946 - General Hospital Program. NYC requests for funds or equipment; Barcode: B2995975A 5 5
Procedures Statistical -6- General Hospital Admin. Prog. NYC; Barcode: B2995976A 5 6
Procedures Fiscal (14). General Hospital Admin. Prog. NYC; Barcode: B2995977A 5 7
Monthly Status Table General Hospital Program NYC; Barcode: B2995978A 5 8
General Correspondence. General Hospital Prog. NYC; Barcode: B2995979A 5 9
1957-1958 New York City Budget; Barcode: B2995980A 6 1
1958-1959 New York City Budget; Barcode: B2995981A 6 2
1959-1960 Budget Request (Includes NYC); Barcode: B2995982A 6 3
1960-1961 Budget Request (Includes NYC); Barcode: B2995983A 6 4
Routine Chest X-Rays taken outside hospital. Admin. Program by New York City Voluntary Hospitals; Barcode: B2995984A 6 5
Hospitals Data (Outpatient) (Inpatient) Gen. Hosp. Program NYC; Barcode: B2995985A 6 6
General Hospital Program- NYC Policies; Barcode: B2995986A 6 7
Conferences Re: Program General Hospital NYC; Barcode: B2995987A 6 8
Pending Policy Matters New York City Program; Barcode: B2995988A 6 9
General Hospital Program Upstate & NYC - Disposition of Surplus X-Ray Equipment; Barcode: B2995989A 7 1
Con Re: Hospitals to be discontinued Prog. As of 9/1/63; Barcode: B2995990A 7 2
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued Arnot-Ogden Mem. Hospital- Elmira Barcode: B2995991A 7 3
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - Binghamton Gen. Hospital- Binghamton; Barcode: B2995992A 7 4
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued -The Community Hospital at Glen Cove; Barcode: B2995993A 7 5
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued - Crouse Irving Hosp. - Syracuse Barcode: B2995994A 7 6
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued. Ellis Hospital Schenectady; Barcode: B2995995A 7 7
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - General Hospital of Syracuse; Barcode: B2995996A 7 8
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - Genesee Hospital Rochester; Barcode: B2995997A 7 9
1967 General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. Reimbursement only - Discontinued - Good Samaritan Hosp. West Islip Barcode: B2995998A 7 10
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - Hospital of Good Shepherd of State University Syracuse.; Barcode: B2995999A 7 11
General Hospital Admission X-Ray Prog. Discontinued Jamestown General Hospital Barcode: B2996000A 7 12
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued - Mercy Hospital Watertown; Barcode: B2996001A 7 13
Discontinued 4/70. Screening Chest X-Ray Prog. Monroe County Health Dept.; Barcode: B2996002A 8 1
General Hospital Admission X-Ray Prog. Discontinued Mt. St. Marys Hospital, Niagara Falls; Barcode: B2996003A 8 2
General Hospital Admission X-Ray Prog. Discontinued Mt. Vernon Hospital, Mt. Vernon Barcode: B2996004A 8 3
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued - Nathan Littauer Hosp. Gloversville; Barcode: B2996005A 8 4
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued - Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Nyack; Barcode: B2996006A 8 5
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued - Nyack Hospital, Nyack; Barcode: B2996007A 8 6
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued - Nyack Hospital, Nyack; Barcode: B2996008A 8 7
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued Phelps Memorial Hospital, Tarrytown; Barcode: B2996009A 8 8
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued Rochester Gen. Hosp. Northside; Barcode: B2996010A 8 9
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued Rochester Gen. Hosp. Northside; Barcode: B2996011A 9 1
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued. Rochester Gen. Hosp.; Barcode: B2996012A 9 2
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan - State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued St. Clares Hospital Schenectady; Barcode: B2996013A 9 3
General Hospital Admission X-Ray Prog. Discontinued. Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Syracuse; Barcode: B2996014A 9 4
General Hospital Program Reimbursement only Discontinued - St. Francis Hospital, Olean; Barcode: B2996015A 9 5
General Hospital Program Admission X-Ray Discontinued - St. James Mercy Hospital, Hornell; Barcode: B2996016A 9 6
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - St. Johns Riverside Hospital, Yonkers; Barcode: B2996017A 9 7
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - St. Josephs Hospital, Elmira; Barcode: B2996018A 9 8
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - St. Josephs Hospital, Syracuse; Barcode: B2996019A 9 9
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. Discontinued - St. Josephs Hospital, Yonkers; Barcode: B2996020A 9 10
General Hospital Admission X-Ray Program - Reimbursement only Discontinued 1967 Southampton Hospital, Southampton; Barcode: B2996021A 10 1
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued - So. Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside; Barcode: B2996022A 10 2
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued South Hospital, Bayshore; Barcode: B2996023A 10 3
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued Flushing Hospital, & Dispensary Flushing; Barcode: B2996024A 10 4
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued Grand Central Hospital, New York City; Barcode: B2996025A 10 5
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued Hospital for Joint Diseases NYC; Barcode: B2996026A 10 6
General Hospital Program NYC The Jamaica Hospital; Barcode: B2996027A 10 7
General Hospital Program NYC Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn Contract #C11707; Barcode: B2996028A 10 8
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Plan - Discontinued Knickerbocker Hospital, NYC; Barcode: B2996029A 10 9
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued Long Island Jewish, New Hyde Park; Barcode: B2996030A 10 10
General Hospital Program NYC Manhattan House of Detention for Men NYC; Barcode: B2996031A 10 11
General Hospital Prog. NYC Memorial Center for Cancer & Allied Diseases; Barcode: B2996032A 10 12
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn, Brooklyn; Barcode: B2996033A 10 13
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Plan - Discontinued New York Hospital, Manhattan; Barcode: B2996034A 10 14
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and &1.00 plan - Discounted - New York Infirmary; Barcode: B2996035A 11 1
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and &1.00 plan - Discounted Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital; Barcode: B2996036A 11 2
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and & 1.00 plan - Discounted Roosevelt Hospital, NYC; Barcode: B2996037A 11 3
General Hospital Program, NYC St. Catherines Hospital; Barcode: B2996038A 11 4
General Hospital Prog. NYC - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued St Francis Hospital Contract #C12196; Barcode: B2996039A 11 5
General Hospital Prog. NYC St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn Contract #C13653; Barcode: B2996040A 11 6
General Hospital Program NYC The Jamaica Hospital; Barcode: B2996041A 11 7
General Hospital Program NYC Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn Contract #C11707; Barcode: B2996042A 11 8
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Plan - Discontinued Knickerbocker Hospital, NYC; Barcode: B2996043A 11 9
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued Long Island Jewish, New Hyde Park; Barcode: B2996044A 11 10
General Hospital Program NYC Manhattan House of Detention for Men NYC; Barcode: B2996045A 11 11
General Hospital Prog. NYC Memorial Center for Cancer & Allied Diseases; Barcode: B2996046A 11 12
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn, Brooklyn; Barcode: B2996047A 11 13
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Plan - Discontinued New York Hospital, Manhattan; Barcode: B2996048A 11 14
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and &1.00 plan - Discounted - New York Infirmary; Barcode: B2996069A 12 1
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and &1.00 plan - Discounted Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital; Barcode: B2996070A 12 2
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and & 1.00 plan - Discounted Roosevelt Hospital, NYC; Barcode: B2996071A 12 3
General Hospital Program, NYC St. Catherines Hospital; Barcode: B2996072A 12 4
General Hospital Prog. NYC - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued St Francis Hospital Contract #C12196; Barcode: B2996073A 12 5
General Hospital Prog. NYC St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn Contract #C13653; Barcode: B2996074A 12 6
General Hospital Prog. NYC St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn Contract #C13653; Barcode: B2996075A 12 7
General Hospital Prog. NYC State-Owned Equip. - 50¢ Reimbursement - Discontinued St. Lukes Hospital, NYC; Barcode: B2996076A 12 8
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and & 1.00 plan - Discounted St. Peters Hospital, Brooklyn; Barcode: B2996077A 12 9
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and & - 50¢ plan - Discounted St. Vincents Hospital, NYC; Barcode: B2996078A 12 10
General Hospital NYC - Own Equipment and & - 50¢ plan - Discounted Staten Island Hospital; Barcode: B2996079A 12 11
General Hospital NYC United Hospital Brooklyn, NY; Barcode: B2996080A 12 12
G.E. X-Ray Parts and Equipment Barcode: B2996081A 12 13
G.E. X-Ray Parts and Equipment; Barcode: B2996082A 12 14
Keleket X-Ray Parts and Equipment; Barcode: B2996083A 12 15
Keleket G.E. X-Ray Parts and Equipment Barcode: B2996084A 12 16
Keleket G.E. X-Ray Corp. Parts and Equipment; Barcode: B2996085A 12 17
Keleket G.E. X-Ray Parts and Equipment Barcode: B2996086A 12 18
Picker X-Ray Parts and Equipment Staten Island Hospital; Barcode: B2996087A 13 1
Picker X-Ray Parts and Equipment Barcode: B2996088A 13 2
Picker X-Ray Parts and Equipment Barcode: B2996089A 13 3
Picker X-Ray Parts and Equipment Barcode: B2996090A 13 4
Westinghouse X-Ray Parts and Equipment Barcode: B2996091A 13 5
Westinghouse X-Ray Parts and Equipment; Barcode: B2996092A 13 6
Office Supplies and Equipment; Barcode: B2996093A 13 7
Powers X-Ray Service; Barcode: B2996094A 13 8
Repairs to X-Ray Equipment Miscellaneous; Barcode: B2996095A 13 9
Radiation Protective Shields - General Correspondence Re: Purchase; Barcode: B2996096A 13 10
X-Ray Parts and Equipment Miscellaneous; Barcode: B2996097A 13 11
X-Ray Parts and Equipment Miscellaneous; Barcode: B2996098A 13 12
General Hospital Program - State-owned Equip. Discounted St. Lukes Hospital, New Hartford; Barcode: B2996099A 13 13
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued St. Marks Hospital, Rochester; Barcode: B2996100A 13 14
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued St. Marys Hospital, Troy; Barcode: B2996101A 13 15
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued St. Peters Hospital, Albany; Barcode: B2996102A 13 16
General Hospital Prog. Upstate 50¢ Plan. State-Owned Equip. - Discontinued Samaritan Hospital, Troy; Barcode: B2996103A 13 17