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New York State Board of Health Annual Reports


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

Summary:
This series consists of an annual report submitted to the governor by the State Board of Health. Subjects include sewage systems; water supplies; water pollution sources; instructions to local boards of health; investigation of food coloring; investigations of sanitary conditions at summer resorts; vital statistics recording; sanitary conditions of the State including information on outbreaks of small pox, influenza, typhoid fever, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and acute respiratory diseases; and an extensive report by the Tuberculosis Committee.
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Annual reports
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0.1 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1901
Series Number:
B2459

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of one annual report submitted to Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. by the State Board of Health. Subjects include sewage systems; water supplies; sources of water pollution; instructions to local boards of health; investigation of food coloring; investigations of sanitary conditions at summer resorts; vital statistics recording; sanitary conditions of the State including information on outbreaks of small pox, influenza, typhoid fever, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, and acute respiratory diseases; and an extensive report by the Tuberculosis Committee.

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