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Guide to the Public Health Department Records

2007-001, 2007-004, and 2007-009

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Collection Contents

Statistical reports, 1940-2000

Physical Description: 16 archives boxes.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains statistical reports put out by the Public Health Department. Not all years are represented.

Annual statistical reports, 1940-2000

Physical Description: 3 archives boxes.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

Annual Statistical Reports, also known as Vital Statistics Reports or Annual Reports, are documents produced annal that provide a general overview of health statistics for the county.

Birth reports, 1979-1999

Physical Description: 3 archives boxes.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

Birth reports provide in-depth statistics for all births in the county, including age of mother and ethnicity.

Death reports, 1978-1999

Physical Description: 5 archives boxes.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

Death reports provide in-depth statistics on all deaths in the county.

Morbidity and selected reportable diseases reports, 1947-2000

Physical Description: 4 archives boxes.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

These reports provide information on diseases reported in the county.

Publications, 1994-2006

Physical Description: 2 archives boxes.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains publications pub out by the Public Health Department, often in cooperation with other health organizations. It includes Health Status Reports and other reports based on public surveys. Not all years are represented.

Administrative files, 1953-2004

Physical Description: 4 archives boxes and 3 plaques.

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains administratives files such as reference and support materials, files relating to computer systems and automations, meeting ephemera, and other general office files.

Reference and support materials, 1953-2004

Physical Description: 1 archives box.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries consists of reference and support materials for the creation of public health statistics and surveys.

General administrative files, 1964-2001

Physical Description: 1 archives box.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

These files relate to the internal functions of the Public Health Department, such as computer systems information and performance measurement.

Posters and meeting ephemera, 1999-2001

Physical Description: 2 poster boxes.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries contains posters. Some are formal posters showing survey results, and others are large sheets of paper used at meetings, with handwritten details.

Plaques, 1952-1993

Physical Description: 3 plaques.

Subseries Scope and Content Summary

This subseries consists of the following plaques: Santa Clara County Health Department Board of Supervisors 1952; In Honor of W. Elwyn Turner, 1986; In gratitude to J. Kennedy Bartholet, 1993.