WaSMAR3204_01.xml Guide to the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes 1939-1967 Seattle-King County Health Department Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes Finding aid prepared by Julie Kerssen Seattle Municipal Archives © 2012
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Finding aid encoded by Julie Kerssen 2012 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728 600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3 Seattle, WA 98124-4728 Phone: 206/233-7807 Email: archives@seattle.gov http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
3204-01 Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health Seattle-King County Department of Public Health Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes 1939-1967 0.4 cubic foot 1 box Reports and statistics regarding public health and disease in King County. Collection materials are in English 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.

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.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes, Record Series 3204-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health Seattle (Wash.) Communicable diseases--Washington (State)--Seattle Mortality--Statistics--Washington (State)--Seattle Immunization--Washington (State)--Seattle Disease Medicine and Health Seattle

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

3204-01 Weekly and Monthly Health Indexes 1939-1967 1/1 Weekly Health Index 1939 1/2 Weekly Health Index 1940 1/3 Weekly Health Index 1941 1/4 Weekly Health Index 1942 1/5 Weekly Health Index 1943 1/6 Weekly Health Index 1944 1/7 Weekly Health Index 1945 1/8 Weekly Health Index 1946 1/9 Weekly Health Index 1947 1/10 Weekly Health Index 1948 1/11 Monthly Health Index 1949 1/12 Monthly Health Index 1950 1/13 Monthly Health Index 1951 1/14 Communicable Disease Morbidity and Mortality 1960 1/15 Communicable Disease Morbidity and Mortality 1961 1/16 Communicable Disease Morbidity and Mortality 1962 1/17 Communicable Disease Morbidity and Mortality 1963 1/18 Disease Occurrence Reports 1964-1967