New York (N.Y.). Department of Health

 Organization

Existence: 1870 - 2001

1939 New York World's Fair restaurant permits

Accession ACC-1990-121
Dates: 1939

Applications for registration of patent medicines circa 1916 to 1939

Accession ACC-2010-002
Dates: circa 1916-1939

Assistant Commissioner of the Immunization Program Stephen Friedman subject files for 1982 to 1995

Accession ACC-2007-008
Dates: 1982-1995

Assorted Comptroller Records, 1820-1969

Accession ACC-2019-020
Dates: 1820-1969; bulk 1880-1920

Birth certificates for 1898 to 1909

Accession ACC-1987-048A
Dates: 1898-1909

Board of Health meetings and subject files for 1918 to 1972

Accession ACC-2015-010
Dates: 1918-1972; bulk 1935-1972

Board of Health minutes for 1910 to 1940

Accession ACC-1958-007
Dates: 1910-1940

Bureau of Preventable Diseases annual report drafts and Doctor Morris Greenberg files

Accession ACC-1995-005
Dates: 1952-1964

Bureau of Preventable Diseases outbreak reports from 1941 to 1965

Accession ACC-1995-004
Dates: 1941-1965

Burial transit registers (Bodies in Transit)

Collection REC-0052
Abstract: This collection consists of bound volumes recording the transportation of bodies in, out and through Manhattan during 1859-1894. These records were maintained by various iterations of New York City’s Health Department to prevent and track disease and death in the city.
Dates: 1859-1894

Child Health Services 50th anniversary photographs for 1958

Accession ACC-2010-128
Dates: 1958

Commissioner of Health and the American Health Association guest book for 1935 to 1949

Accession ACC-1987-016
Dates: 1935-1949

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene senior administrative records for 1959 to 2007

Accession ACC-2016-008
Dates: 1959-2007

Department of Health Deputy Commissioner subject files for 1936 to 1983

Accession ACC-1990-117
Dates: 1936-1983

Department of Health informational and historical video circa 1999

Accession ACC-2010-038
Dates: circa 1999

Department of Health inspection registers for wholesale milk dealers circa 1930 to 1939 and 1956 to 1957

Accession ACC-2010-015
Dates: circa 1930-1939; 1956-1957

Department of Health oath books for 1866 to 1930

Accession ACC-1990-120
Dates: 1866-1930

Department of Health personnel records,1895-1926

Accession ACC-2010-127
Dates: 1895-1926

Department of Health photographs circa 1940 to 1979

Accession ACC-2001-059
Dates: circa 1940-1979

Department of Health press scrapbooks for 1925 to 1927 and 1931 to 1932

Accession ACC-2010-135
Dates: 1925-1927, 1931-1932

Department of Health publications from 1914 to 1958

Accession ACC-1963-041
Dates: 1914-1958

Department of Health records from 1918 to 1972

Accession ACC-1978-018
Dates: 1918-1972

Department of Health reorganization subject files for 1928 to 1948

Accession ACC-2009-027
Dates: 1928-1948

Department of Health service orders for 1969 to 1974

Accession ACC-2009-023
Dates: 1969-1974

Department of Health volumes received in 1976

Accession ACC-1976-002
Dates: circa 1870-1976

Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Epidemiology and Prevention, Stephen Schultz subject files for 1987 to 1989

Accession ACC-2007-080
Dates: 1987-1989

Executive notices of the Department of Health Commissioner for 1965 to 1969

Accession ACC-2009-024
Dates: 1965-1969

Health Commissioner executive orders

Accession ACC-2009-022
Dates: 1946, 1965-1971

Health Commissioners records

Collection REC-0050
Abstract: New York City government has played a role in promoting the health of its residents since 1866. This collection represents that function under the purview of the Department of Health, from 1928 to 1991. The records document the Department's wide-ranging operations through correspondence, reports, statistics, promotional material, memos and other records.
Dates: 1928-1991

Health Commissioners records for 1991 to 1993

Accession ACC-2019-007
Dates: 1979-1993; bulk 1991-1993

Maternal and Child Health Bureau Assistant Commissioner subject files

Accession ACC-1990-118
Dates: 1975-1978

Miscellaneous reports and publications related to New York City from 1944-1946, 1961-1963

Accession ACC-1963-044
Dates: 1944-1946; 1961-1963

Motion picture theatre matron license applications, circa 1933 to 1949

Collection REC-0049
Abstract: The Motion Picture Theatre Matron License Applications consists of original applications and Board of Health approvals for applicants to become motion picture theatre matrons. The files contain physical exam reports, personal history questionnaires, photographs, renewal applications, and signatures by the Board of Health.
Dates: circa 1933-1949

New York City historical vital records

Collection REC-0051
Abstract: This collection consists of historical vital records created and/or maintained by the City of New York, and historical vital records created and/or maintained by municipalities that were once located within the boundaries of the present-day City of New York that were dissolved or annexed prior to January 1, 1898. These former towns were located in Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester counties. Types of records in this collection are primarily birth, marriage, and death registers,...
Dates: 1760-1949; bulk 1847-1949

Old Town records

Collection MSS-0004
Abstract: Before the creation of Greater New York on January 1, 1898, the counties bordering New York County (which is coterminous with New York City)—Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester Counties—were comprised of municipalities (villages, towns, cities), some of which date back to the early days of Dutch and English colonization of Lenapehoking (Lënapehòkink in Unami), the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. This collection includes records created and/or maintained by these municipalities before...
Dates: circa 1630-1943; bulk 1656-1898

Pascal James Imperato subject files on his tenure as Commissioner of Health, circa 1976-1978, undated

Accession ACC-2023-008
Dates: circa 1976-1978, undated

Photographs of sites proposed for development for 1920 to 1928

Accession ACC-2014-011
Dates: 1920-1928

Registry of patent medicines

Accession ACC-2010-003
Dates: circa 1916-1939

Secretary to the Board of Health memorandums for 1906 to 1908

Accession ACC-2010-001
Dates: 1906-1908

Willard Parker Hospital and other hospitals patient registers circa 1900 to 1955

Accession ACC-2010-136
Dates: circa 1900-1955

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