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Record Group Number: 000894
Series/Collection Number: .S 46
Creator: Florida. State Board of Health.
Title, Dates: Administrative files, 1889-1926.
Amount: 22.00 cubic ft.
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Summary:     This series contains the administrative files of the State Board of Health from 1889 to 1926.  The records include correspondence, annual reports, county health surveys, and photographs.  Gaps in the correspondence appear for 1891-1895 and 1897.  The bulk of the correspondence relates to Dr. Joseph Yates Porter, the first State Health Officer.  He served in this position from 1889 to 1917. Besides his service to the Board, the material also covers his duties as Sanitary Inspector for the Port of Key West and as Federal Quarantine Officer at the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service for Key West.  The series covers such diverse public health topics as yellow fever, communicable diseases, tuberculosis hospitals, quarantines, sanitation, veterinary public health, and child welfare.
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Subject Access Fields: United States. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.
Public health Florida
Child welfare Florida
Health boards Florida
Communicable diseases Florida
Tuberculosis Hospitals Florida.
Sanitary engineering Florida
Quarantine Florida
Veterinary public health Florida
Yellow fever Florida
Key West (Fla.)
Added Entries Porter, Joseph Y.