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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Public Health

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Health Department Annual Reports

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 3201-01
Scope and Contents note

Statistical and narrative reports including birth, death, and disease information correlated by variables. The 1932-1935 report traces most statistics from 1901 to 1935. The 1939-1943 report is a 433 page history and survey of public health in Seattle and includes a brief history of the city. The 19th Century reports are photocopies; location of the originals is unknown.

Dates: 1884-1989

Culture, Civil Rights, Health and Personnel Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4650-09
Abstract

Records from Nick Licata's tenure as committee chair.

Dates: 2008-2009

Housing, Human Services & Health Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4672-04
Scope and Contents note

Committee meeting records maintained by Tom Rasmussen during his tenure as committee chair. These records include committee calendars with rosters of issues, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation relating to homelessness, child care, aging services, disability services, healthcare and housing.

Dates: 2004-2007

Personnel and Property Management Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 4681-03
Scope and Contents note

Committee calendars, correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and legislation relating to personnel reclassifications, sale of surplus property, affirmative action, fair employment practices, open housing, collective bargaining, and police intelligence gathering. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1978-1980

Public Safety Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4674-04
Scope and Contents note

Records include committee agendas, correspondence, staff reports, and draft legislation relating to public safety issues during the first two years that Rice chaired the Public Safety Committee. Agendas include legislation under consideration and action and recommendations by the committee.

Dates: 1986-1987

Tom Byers Records

 Series
Identifier: 5274-13
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating primarily to health and human services issues, especially public health concerns and homelessness.

Dates: 1978-1987

Seattle-King County Department of Health and Department of Health Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-G6
Scope and Contents note Department of Health or Sanitation and Health Officer Reports date from 1896 to 1947; Seattle-King County Department of Public Health Annual Reports date from 1950 forward. Early reports include information on sewer and solid waste in the City as these were issues closely related to health conditions. There are two reports for 1896. One is the annual report of the Department of Sanitation for the first and second districts recording complaints, nuisances, inspections, and condemnations. The...
Dates: 1896-2009