Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes
Scope and Contents note
Includes Weekly Health Indexes, 1939-1947; Communicable Disease, Morbidity, and Mortality Reports, 1960-1963; and Disease Occurrence Reports, 1964-1967. Weekly index includes statistical breakdown of deaths by cause and diseases by type. The records from the 1960s include statistics on deaths, immunizations, and communicable diseases.
Dates
- Creation: 1939-1967
Creator
- Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
Seattle's public health agency was established in 1900 as the Department of Sanitation. In 1951 the department merged with the King County Department of Health. Prior to 1981, the City of Seattle administered the department with the two jurisdictions providing funding in proportion to their populations. Reorganization in 1981 placed administrative control in the hands of the County while the City retained direct policy and funding control over the Seattle Services Division. Departmental records are managed by King County. The Board of Health was created by the 1890 City Charter with authority to supervise the health and sanitation of the City; it was abolished in 1908.
Full Extent
0.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Reports and statistics regarding public health and disease in King County.
Subject
- Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle-King County Health Department Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes 1939-1967
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen
- Date
- Š 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv34652
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository