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New York State Board of Health Minutes


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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:
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.
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Minutes
Quantity:

1.25 cubic feet

11 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1880-1900
Series Number:
A0769

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

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.

Alternate Formats Available

A0769-79: Microform is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan.

Related Material

A0770 New York State Board of Health Secretary's Log of Transactions, contains summaries of Board of Health meetings during part of the period covered by this series.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

A0769-79: Volumes II and III contain alphabetical subject indexes.

Volume lists are available at the repository.

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