Records of the Kansas State Board of Health, 1885 - 1974.

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Records of the Kansas State Board of Health, 1885 - 1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/692438694

This collection contains records of the Kansas State Board of Health. The records document the Board of Health's planning, policies, programs, and management of all health issues affecting the state. The collection includes a wide variety of documents including minutes, correspondence, memoranda, notes, subject files, oversize documents, vital statistics, letterpress books, budgets, and annual reports. The collection also contains a variety of general administrative records such as correspondence, subject files, budget preparation files and requests, annual reports, and financial documents. The annual reports discuss the activities of the board by department, and the budget requests and financial documents reflect agency appropriations and expenditures. The correspondence contains information regarding various environmental and health-related programs, while the subject files contain a variety of documents on topics of interest to the board on health and environmental issues of the day.

Circa 360 cubic feet.

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7993886

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Kansas State Board of Health

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The Kansas State Board of Health was created in 1885. It consisted of nine physicians, each a graduate of a medical college who had at least seven years of continuous practice in his or her profession. The physicians were appointed by the governor from all parts of the state for three-year terms. In 1908, a non-medical member was added. In 1951, the board was abolished and re-established as the State Board of Health. This board consisted of ten members, all licensed in the state, from a variety ...