Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle-King County Department of Health
and Department of Health Annual Reports
Seattle-King County Dept.
of Public Health
1802-G6
1.6 cubic feet
1896-2009 English .
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.
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 second 1896 report is by J. H. Swyney,
Sanitary Inspector in the Department of Sanitation of public schools and
kindergartens; the report discusses plumbing and sewer systems. The 1899 report
as a lengthy narrative preceding the statistical report which includes a list
of health related legislation passed during the year, reasons why the Health
Officer should not also act as city physician as specified in the Charter, and
a discussion of unsanitary localities and mortality statistics. Also included
is a report by the quarantine inspector and a report on slaughterhouses. Market
Inspectors reports are included in the series and date from 1896 to 1909.
Reports from 1905 to 1910 do not contain detailed statistics but include
information on contagious disease, food and plumbing inspections, care of the
sick poor, and, in the 1910 report, expectoration. Reports for the years 1912
to 1916 are very detailed in both the narrative and statistical sections. The
1932 to 1935 report traces most statistics from 1901 to 1935. The 1939 to 1943
report is a 433-page history and survey of public health in Seattle and
includes a brief history of the City and agency histories for the City. Reports
in the 1940s and 1950s include information on venereal disease, dog bites, and
statistics on the County as well as the City. In 1942, a separate report exists
for Firland Sanatorium. Combined reports for King County and Seattle exist
beginning in 1947. Beginning in 1983, reports are less detailed.
Records are open to the public.
A Comptroller or Clerk File (CF) can consist of correspondence, reports,
petitions, contracts, agreements, etc. from elected officials, City
departments, other government agencies, or the general public, which have been
placed "on file" with the Office of the City Clerk (OCC). They are primarily
permanent records, but also include routine material which was periodically
purged. Certain archival records identified in the CF have been removed,
arranged into records series, and incorporated into the collection of the
Seattle Municipal Archives, a program of the OCC.
[Item and date], Seattle-King County Department of Health and Department
of Health Annual Reports, Record Series 1802-G6 Box [number], Folder [number].
Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle-King County Dept.
of Public Health
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of
Health and Sanitation
Seattle
Seattle (Wash.)
Sewers--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Food Handling
Solid Waste
Public health
Health Department Annual
Report
1894
1
1
Clerk File 65
Health Officer Annual
Report
1894
1
1
Clerk File 55
Health Officer Annual
Report
1895
1
2
Clerk File
11245
Health Department, Plumbing and
Market Inspectors Annual Report
1896
1
3
Clerk File
25115
Health Department, Annual Report
on Public Schools and Kindergartens
1896
1
4
Clerk File
25095
Health Department Annual
Report
1899
1
4
Clerk File
69545
Health Department, Milk, Meat,
Food, and Sanitation Annual Report
1896
1
4
Clerk File
25135
Health, Board of Annual
Report
1905
1
5
Clerk File
29185
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1908
1
5
Clerk File
36078_15
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1909
1
5
Clerk File
38866
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1910
1
5
Clerk File
42606
Health Department, Public Market
Inspector Annual Report
1908
1
6
Clerk File
36078_16
Health Department Market
Inspector Annual Report
1909
1
6
Clerk File
38874
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1912-1914
1
7
Clerk File
54966
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1913
1
8
Clerk File
54966
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1914
1
8
Clerk File
59725_19
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1915
1
9
Clerk File
63200
Health and Sanitation, Department
of, Annual Report (published)
1915
1
9
Clerk File
291779
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1916
2
1
Clerk File
291780
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1916
2
2
Clerk File
68685_19
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1917
2
3
Clerk File
291781
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1918
2
4
Clerk File
72113_19
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1918-1919
2
5
Clerk File
291782
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1920
2
6
Clerk File
81426
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report (published and unpublished)
1921
2
7
Clerk File
84670
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1922
3
1
Clerk File
291783
Health and Sanitation, Department
of, Annual Report (unpublished)
1923
1
3
Clerk File
94860
Health and Sanitation, Department
of, Annual Report (published)
1923
3
1
Clerk File
291784
Health and Sanitation, Department
of, Annual Report
1924
1
4
Clerk File
291785
Health and Sanitation, Department
of, Annual Report
1925
1
4
Clerk File
291786
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1929
3
2
Clerk File
125842
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1930
3
2
Clerk File
131744
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1931
3
3
Clerk File
136150
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1932-1935
3
4
Clerk File
154825
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1935
3
5
Clerk File
151146
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1936-1938
3
6
Clerk File
291814
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1939-1943
3
7
Clerk File
181692
Health Commissioner--Firland
Sanatorium Annual Report
1943
3
7
Clerk File
176665
Health and Sanitation Annual
Report
1944
3
8
Clerk File
186446
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1945
3
9
Clerk File
191652
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1946
4
1
Clerk File
195609
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1947
4
2
Clerk File
205166
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1947
4
2
Clerk File
197493
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1948
4
3
Clerk File
208772
Public Health Department Annual
Report (Preliminary)
1949
4
4
Clerk File
208093
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1949-1951
4
4
Clerk File
221705
Public Health Department Annual
Report (Preliminary)
1950
4
4
Clerk File
291877
Public Health Annual
Report
1950
4
4
Clerk File
210891
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1952-1955
4
5
Clerk File
231833
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1953
4
5
Clerk File
220509
Public Health Department Annual
Report (Preliminary)
1953
4
5
Clerk File
225392
Public Health Department Annual
Report (Preliminary)
1956
4
5
Clerk File
231833
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1962
4
6
Clerk File
248057
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1963
4
6
Clerk File
251007
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1969
4
7
Clerk File
266652
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1971
4
7
Clerk File
272478
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1972
4
7
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1973
4
7
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1974
4
7
Seattle King County Department of
Public Health Annual Report
1975
4
7
Public Health Department Annual
Report
1984
4
7
Clerk File
293703
Public Health Department - Youth
Health Services Annual Report
2000-2001
4
8
Public Health Department - Youth
Health Services Annual Report
2001-2002
4
8
Environmental Health
Services
2009
4
9