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Guide No. 162:

Advisory Public Health Board, 1947-1969, and undated 

Overview of the Collection
Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator: Advisory Public Health Board
Title: Advisory Public Health Board
Dates: 1947-1969, and undated
Quantity: 0.25 linear feet
Abstract: Studies, reports, programs, and ordinances relating to public health issues in Dallas
Identification: 97-010
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of studies, reports, and programs relating to public health issues in the City and County of Dallas from 1947-1969.  Included in the collection are copies of several ordinances addressing public health concerns, as well as a letter from Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell asking the Advisory Public Health Board to investigate the establishment of a city wide emergency ambulance service.

The Advisory Public Health Board advised the city council, the city manager, and the director of public health and made recommendations and suggestions "upon matters relating to public health"  (Ordinance 2355, June 24, 1931) (Dallas City Code, Section 19-1).  The Advisory Public Health Board evolved from the Board of Health, which was created in 1919.  The Board of Health was abolished in 1931 with the passage of an ordinance by the first City Council under the new council-manager form of government.  

 

Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Public Health -- Texas -- Dallas 
Public Health Administration -- Texas

 

Detailed Description of the Collection


Box Folder
 Title, Date
1 1 Public Health studies, 1947-1948
2 Rabies control recommendations, 1956

3
 Resignation letters, Maxine Allen, Dallas Advisory Health Board,1958

4
 Changes to the act creating the State Medical Examiners Board, 1959

5
 Addition of child-caring facilities to Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances, City of Dallas, 1960

6
 Willing Water newsletter, supplement volume 4, number 3, March, 1960

7
 Grading Standards for Evaluating Health Programs, report, 1961

8
 Dental Health Program, 1961

9
 Salary figures, physicians and city officials, 1961

10
 Health Department responsibilities and functions, 1961

11 Public Health Advisory Board meeting letter on Dental Health program, 1961

12
 Letter from Mayor Earle Cabell concerning ambulance service, 1961

13
 Report of the Survey Committee, 1962

14
 Report on Health Services for Dallas County Children and Youth, 1963

15
 Ordinance regulating pet shops, animal exhibits, dog and cat kennels, 1963

16
 Advisory Health Board meeting minutes, letters, and memos, 1963 -1969
17 Resolution on public health programs for mothers and children, 1964
18 Medical and Health Services Program, 1967
19 Report on Public Health in the 1970s, 1968
20 Advisory Public Health Board attendance report, July 1969
21 Memo urging return to immunization plan, undated
22 Ordinance for pest control operators licensing, undated
23 Proposed food ordinance, undated
24 Recommendation to fluoridate municipal water supply, undated