Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access:
Conditions Governing Use:
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation:
Processing Information:
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Los Angeles Department of Health Publications Collection
Creator:
Los Angeles (Calif.). Dept. of Health
Identifier/Call Number: SC.LADH
Extent:
1.17 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1909-1943
Abstract: The
Los Angeles
Department of Health Publications
Collection consists of publications produced by the Los Angeles
Board of Health between 1909 and 1943. The collection consists of bulletins, booklets,
reports, and flyers intended to disseminate public health information to the residents of
Los Angeles.
Language of Material: English
Scope and Contents
The
Los Angeles Department of Health Publications
Collection consists of publications produced by the Los Angeles
Board of Health between 1909 and 1943. Dr. Luther Milton Powers was elected Health
Commissioner in 1897 and held that office until his death in 1924. Under Powers' direction,
the
Monthly
Bulletin was intended to "…give the citizens of Los Angeles an
idea of the work of the department and to assist the residents by making careful statements
of actual conditions in all matters, with which it deals, in serving the public health."
Following the death of Powers, Dr. George Parrish, former Health Officer of St. Louis and
Portland, Oregon, was hired to take his place. Parrish expanded public outreach by
publishing a
Monthly Letter and a monthly booklet titled,
Civic Health, as well as annual reports, flyers, and a series of
bulletins featuring particular diseases. The collection is arranged chronologically by
publication date.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Los Angeles Department of Health.
Preferred Citation:
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
Materials
guide.
Processing Information:
Tony Gardner