Miscellaneous general files, 1952-1973.

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Miscellaneous general files, 1952-1973.

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Miscellaneous files of the chronic disease control section including a proposed program on heart disease and cancer control (1952); report, with supporting documents, of the Health Department's study on cardiac disease, particularly in its effect on industry (1957-1959); an article on the 1957 epidemic of Echo 9 aseptic meningitis in Minnesota (1957) and a prospectus and survey forms for a study of the influence of aseptic meningitis during pregnancy on the incidence of congenital defects (1958); monthly reports of the state epidemiology officer to the National Center for Disease Control detailing outbreaks of influenza, hepatitis, and food poisoning, and reporting on his activities around the state (1973); and general correspondence (1966-1973). The correspondence, mainly with the federal Health, Education, and Welfare Department (HEW), covers conferences, visits by HEW officers, and data on various chronic diseases, including heart, diabetes, renal, cancer, stroke, emphysema, and arthritis. The latter also contains reports, press releases, and grant applications.

0.25 cu. ft. (13 folders).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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