Municipal Archives

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City of Dallas Health Department Program Files and Photographs, 1948-2005

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Collection 2012-007

Overview

Repository	Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator	City of Dallas Health Department
Title	City of Dallas Health Department Program Files and Photographs
Dates	1948-2005
Quantity	16 boxes, 6.67 linear feet
Abstract	Program files, reports, and photographs created by the Dallas Health Department.
Identification	2012-007
Language	Records are in English

Scope and Content

Collection consists of program files, reports, publications, and photographs of the City of Dallas Health Department.

The Dallas Health Department was created in 1872 by the City of Dallas Board of Aldermen, who employed Matt Cornelius, MD as city physician and health officer. Until 1916, the health officer of the City of Dallas was also head of the city hospital. The City and County Hospitals were informally linked through the construction of Parkland Hospital in 1913 and legally consolidated in 1923. The Dallas City-County Hospital was replaced by the Dallas County Hospital District in 1954, creating a separate entity and eliminating the funding and governance functions split between the City of Dallas and Dallas County.

During its peak, the department included programs for enforcing food safety regulations for all commercial food establishments; code enforcement activities related to air pollution control and vector control; early periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment; and walk-in immunizations. It also administered numerous grants which augmented child care, nutrition, services for seniors, emergency social services, job training, and other educational programs.

As most functions were transferred to the Dallas County Health Department, the department changed names several times, including Health and Human Services, and in its last embodiment, as the Department of Environmental and Health Services. The department's last organizational structure included four divisions: Vital Statistics, Environmental Health, Health Services, and Human Services. Vital Statistics, the enumeration of births and deaths in the City of Dallas, was instituted in 1873 but transferred to Dallas Water Utilities in 2010.

Organization

The collection is arranged by departmental functions and by subject.

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

City of Dallas Health Department Program Files and Photographs, 1948-2005 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

None

Index Terms

Community health services -- Texas

Dallas -- Texas -- History

Dallas (Tex.). Health & Human Services

Container List

Box	Folder	Title, Date
		Administrative Records
1	1	Health and Human Services budget, 1983-1987
	2	City Health Department organization charts, 1971-1975 and undated
	3	City health services slide scripts, undated
	4	Complaints, 1971-1981
	5	Nursing school contract with University of North Texas, 1985
	6	Health Department unusual correspondence, 1954-1980
	7	Mission statement, 1994
	8	New Department of Health and Human Services, 1982
	9	News Releases, 1979
	10	Y2K emergency plan, Environmental and Health Services, 1999
	11	Biennial report revision considerations and public health workshops, 1972-1974
	12	Annual report, 1984-1985
	13	Annual report, 1988-1989
	14	Accomplishments and annual performance reports, 1992-2002
		Departmental History
2	1	History of Dallas public health notes and articles, 1938, 1963-1996 and undated
	2	Fight for Public Health scrapbook, undated
	3	Safeguarding the Public Health in Dallas [Works Progress Administration Writers' Program], 1941
	4	Health Department histories, 1974-1975
	5	Thirty-Seven Thousand Days in the Evolution of the City of Dallas, 1870-1899 draft pages, undated (1)
	6	Thirty-Seven Thousand Days in the Evolution of the City of Dallas, 1870-1899 draft pages, undated (2)
3	1	Health Department history, 1975-1981
	2	Health Department centennial memoranda and clippings, 1973 and undated
	3	City-County Health Department History, 1947
	4	Report to Special Committee of the City Council for Considering City and County Health Departments, 1950
	5	Biennial report parts (history), undated
		City-County Health Services Consolidation
4	1	Consolidation, 1984-1986 and undated
	2	Consolidation, 1986-1996 and undated
	3	Consolidation (3), Communicable Disease services , 1986-1988
	4	City-County Consolidation, 2001
	5	City-County Consolidation, 2002
5	1	City-County Consolidation, 1994-1999
	2	County Health Department Discussion Documents, 1983-1984
	3	City-County merger newspaper clippings, 1972-1976
		Health Policy
6	1	Environmental and Health Services policies, 1991-1996
	2	Departmental policies, 1990-1992
	3	Human Services policies, 1992
	4	Public health, 1991-1999
	5	Health and Human Services issue papers, 1991-1992
	6	Assessment of the Public Health System in Dallas County, 1999
		Personnel and Training
7	1	Collin Calloway retirement, 1974
	2	Lillie Mae Drake, 1973-1975
	3	Maurine Lamm, 1974
	4	Lloyd Richards, DDS, 1978
	5	Betty Wilson-Jones, 1976
	6	Nursing Division personnel, undated
	7	Dallas Health Department identification cards, 1955-1961
	8	In-Service Training Manual, undated (copy 1)
	9	In-Service Training Manual, undated (copy 2)
	10	Work Manual, 1957
	11	Training Manual for Health Department Employees, undated
	12	Tuberculosis Control Registry system specification documentation, 1979
		Dallas Health Department Facilities
8	1	Crossroads Health Center/Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, 1971-1979 and undated
	2	Crossroads Health Center architecture plans, undated
	3	A Comprehensive Health Plan for the Crossroad Community Center grant application, 1969
	4	Animal Care Center (Forney Road) dedication, 1979
	5	Stemmons Tower space (WIC program), 1992
	6	West Dallas Multipurpose Center master plan, 1998
9	1	Animal Control, 1954
	2	Birth certificate information, undated
	3	Child health record packet [forms], 1992
	4	Citizen Information Task Force, 1985
	5	City health services updating, 1992
	6	City development grant program, 1989-1993
	7	Dallas City Health Department Laboratory, 1977
	8	Day care program, 1973-1980
	9	Dental student externships, 1984
	11	Diabetes, 1978-1982
	12	Diphtheria , 1955
	13	Eligible social services for newly-legalized immigrants, 1988
	14	Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 1972
	15	Emergency shelter grant funded agreement with Dallas Association for Life Guidance, 1991
	16	Food handling certificates/cards, 1974 and undated
	17	Lead Education Committee, 1986
	18	Health education projects, 1958-1963 and undated
	19	Hill Burton Act, 1983
	20	Hurricane Katrina, August 25, 2005
10	1	Immunization, 1971-1977
	2	Immunization, 1973-1984
	3	Immunization survey planning, 1975
	4	Immunization Action Month, 1975
	5	Immunization campaign, 1978-1979
	6	Immunization, 1981-1985
11	1	Lead screening, 1981-1982
	2	Legionnaire's Disease, 1978-1979
	3	Measles, 1978-1981
	4	Prenatal Program, 1978-1983
	5	Prepared Childbirth Lamaze Program, 1989
	6	Sexually transmitted diseases, 1978-1982
	7	Smoking cessation, 1984
	8	Spring Fest, 2000-2004
	9	Swine flu, 1976 (1)
	10	Swine flu, 1976 (2)
	11	Swine flu, 1976 (3)
	12	Swine flu, 1976-1977
	13	Vital Statistics, 1979-1981
	14	Wellness/Fitness, 1980
		City of Dallas Publications
12	1	A Review of Public Health Activities in Dallas with Recommendations for Future Developments, 1948
	2	A Thousand Words, 1959
	3	A Decade of Progress: 1951-1960, 1960
	4	What's New in Public Health, 1961
	5	Your Health Department, 1962
	6	City-County Home Safety Program, 1962
	7	Looking Forward in Public Health, 1962
	8	Ninety Years of Public Health, 1873-1963, 1963
	9	Public Health in Action, 1964
13	1	City of Dallas Department of Public Health Annual Report, 1965
	2	City of Dallas Department of Public Health Biennial Report, 1965-1967
	3	City of Dallas Department of Public Health Biennial Report, 1968-1969
	4	Household Immunization Survey, 1975
	5	City of Dallas Department of Public Health Directory of Services, 1975
	6	City of Dallas Department of Public Health Directory of Services, 1979-1980
	7	Round Table [City of Dallas Department of Public Health newsletter], 1972
	8	Round Table, 1973
	9	Round Table, 1974
	10	Round Table, 1975
	11	Round Table, 1976
	12	Round Table, 1977
	13	Round Table, 1978
	14	Round Table, 1979
	15	Round Table, 1980
	16	Health and Human Services newsletter, 1985
	17	Health and Human Services newsletter, 1986
		Non-City of Dallas Publications
	18	Local Government Finances in City Areas, 1953
	19	Polio Facts, 1957
	20	Texas Health Bulletin, 1971
		Photographic Prints and Negatives
14	1	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	2	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	3	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	4	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	5	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	6	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	7	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	8	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
15	1	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	2	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	3	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	4	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	5	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	6	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	7	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
16	1	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	2	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	3	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	4	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	5	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	6	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	7	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002
	8	Photographic prints and negatives, 1947-2002