Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
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:
Title:
Survey of discharges by businesses into state waterways
Quantity:
2 cubic feet
4 microfilm rolls 35mm
Inclusive Dates:
1903
Series Number:
12205
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