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Department of Health, 1877 - 2005

 Record Group — Container: Offsite - NJ State Documents

Scope and Contents

When index cards are noted, browse individual documents using card file, headings include:

  • Annual Report 1877-1988


  • Circular: #7-73 (1 v. selected); #7-80 (1 v. selected); scatted individual issues between #61 and #253


  • Law reprints: Milk and milk products 1965, 1968, 1982; Frozen desserts and dietary foods 1965; Food, drug and comestics 1966; Barbering 1969; Subchapter II Dented Cans etc Mar 17 1978; Birth certificates for adopted children July 1979; Narcotic and Drug Abuse Laws March 1976


  • List of summer camps: 1960-1969, 1971


  • HIV/AIDS cases: 1987-2001 (Status of completeness undetermined)


  • NJ State Plan (for construction of hospitals): 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1966-1971, 1979


  • Regulations: Keeping of records by drug manufacturing and wholesale drug businesses 1963; Security of narcotic drugs 1964; Milk and milk products 1965; Production and handling of milk 1964; Processing and handling of milk 1964; Definitions and standards...frozen desserts and...frozen foods, 1965, 1970, 1980; Preperation and handling of frozen desserts and foods 1965; Low fat milk 1964; Slaughterhause and slaughtered animals 1958, rev. 1960; Non-alcoholic beverages and bottled water 1968, 1974; Uniform narcotic drug law 1967; Standards...for the planning and certification of need of computerized axial tomography units, 1976; Standards for the Construction of Sewerage Facilities for Realtyu Improvments, 1957; Youth Camp Safety Act Standards, 1973; Bacteriological standards for potentially hazardous food, 1974; Shell fish 1974; Fluid milk products 1986


  • Sanitary Codes Mandatory: State 1920, c. 1926, 1929, 1931, c. 1934; Chapter 6 Boarding Homes for Children 1963; Chapter 9 Mobile home parks 1963, 1968; Radiation protection 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969; Air pollution code; Chp 1-6 1962; Chapter 7 1964; Chapter 13; Chapters 1-13 1968, 1970; Ch 14 proposed 1970; Chapter 13 1972; Chapter 10 1974; Construction of water supply systems for realty improvments 1957, 1966; Chapter 3 animals and birds importation and herd testing 1968; Chapter 11 Campgrounds 1968; Chapter 4 Laboratories 1978; Chapter 5 Dead human bodies 1953; Chapter 13 Chldhood Lead Poisoning 1977; Chapter 10 Blood 1979, 1987; Chapter 14 Immunization 1978, 1985; Chapter 15 Smoking 1980; Food establishments 1973; Chapter 2 Reportable diseases 1981, 1983, 1985; Chapter 9 Recreational bathing 1987


  • Sanitary Codes Model:
  • Public health nusiance 1953; Weed control 1953; Smoke control 1953; Individual sewage disposal system 1953; Swimming pool 1955, 1970; Trailer court 1956; Boarding home for children 1956; Maintenance of swine 1957; Housing 1961; Food and beverage vending machine 1961; Retail food establishment 1965; Private campgrounds 1964; Individual and semipublic water supply 1966

  • Admin Div Health Statistics: 1901, [1902-1962 SEE DEPT Annual Reports], 1962-1978


  • Admin Div Misc: Health films catalog, received 1951, 1961; Rules and regulations licensing of water and sewage plant superintendents or operations, 1953, 1962, 1969; Health literature for lay groups 1951, 1959; Licensing of public health positions 1964, 1969


  • Commissioner Annual Report: 1950-1962
  • Community Health Services Div: Publications c. 1957-1970 (3 index cards)
  • Community Health Services Div Maternal and Child Health Bur.: Annual report 1922-1926, 1941 (see main dept annial reports); Misc publications 1929-1970 (2 index cards)
  • Community Health Services Div Nutrition Div: Publications c. 1960s (3 index cards)
  • Community Health Services Div Migrant Health Program: Annual report 1966-1960, 1971
  • Community Health Services Div Public Health Nursing Program: Meet your public health nurse 1963; Directory of public health nursing services 1963, 1967; PH nursing service guide 1966; Community nursing service guide 1970
  • Crippled Childrens Comm: Annual report 1928, 1930-1933, 1935, 1946-1948, 1960; Yearly polio stats 1942, 1945, 1946; NJ Celebral palsy program 1945, 1943; Procedures manual 1969; Aid to Crippled Children in NJ, 1960
  • Dairy Comm: Annual report 1886-1901
  • Health Facilities Div: Lists of liscensed boarding homes, residental schools, hospitals, etc 1965-1990; Manual of standards for private hospitals 1952, 1968, new boarding homes 1969, maternity homes 1968, hospital faciltiies 1979, ambulatory care facilities 1985; Hospital Construction News 1952; Rules for liscensing nursing home admin 1970; Admin of nursing or convalescent homes 1970, 1971; NJ State Plan for hospitals 1973
  • Health Care Facilties Financing Agency: 1974-1978, 1980, later years cataloged
  • Laboratories and Epidemiology: Ragweed pollen, received 1952; The Schools part in rabies control rev. 1969; Standards for construction of water supply system, 1957; Preventing food poisoning; Rules and regs. for plans for public water supply systems, 1965


  • Laboratories and Epidemiology Adult and Industrial Health Bur.: Vol. l no. 1 to Vol. 2 no. 3, Lead, Benzol, Silca, Medical Admin, Ventilation, Plant Survey, health education, Dermatitis, Trichlorethylene, Oxides of nitrogen, Anthrax, Vision, Phosphorus


  • Laboratories and Epidemiology Venereal Disease Control Bur.: Publications 1922-1946 (3 cards)


  • NJ State Comm on Cancer Research, Psychological and Nursing Advisory group: The Research Connection Oct 1993


  • Misc: Publications 1937-2005 (26 index cards)


  • Misc, PEOSH: Regulations 1992-2005 (7 index cards)
  • Dates

    • 1877 - 2005

    Creator

    Biographical / Historical

    From NJ State Library:

    "The Department was one of the thirteen departments established under the Constitution of 1947. The Department was reorganized in 1996 to become the Department of Health and Senior Services, but was reorganized again in 2012 to become the Department of Health. Some programs and services for seniors were transferred to the Department of Human Services at this time.

    Authorizing law(s) and reorganization plans: Chapter 444 of the Laws of 1948; Reorganization Plan 001-1996; Reorganization Plan 003-2005; Chapter 17 of the Laws of 2012"

    Extent

    From the Collection: 476 Linear Feet (Offsite ) : 288 State docs; 144 Legislative books and docs; 18 assembly docs; 18 court reports; 8 Senate microfilm

    Language of Materials

    From the Collection: English

    Related Materials

    Related Materials

    New Jersey State Library has digitized documents from the Health Dept here

    Repository Details

    Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

    Contact:
    3rd Floor
    Newark Public Library
    5 Washington St.
    Newark NJ 07102 United States
    973-733-7775