HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Files of Jerome W. Brower at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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Minnesota. Department of Health.
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| Title: | Files of Jerome W. Brower. |
| Dates: | 1940-1959. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence and assorted subject files of Jerome W. Brower, chief of the section of departmental
administration of the Minnesota Department of Health from 1949 through 1960. Among the more informative files are those that
contain Department of Health memoranda and historical notes on the history of public health programs in Minnesota, dates of
establishment of state health offices in the fifty states, and standards concerning drive-in restaurants, hospital records,
hospital superintendent registration, industrial health practices, and tuberculosis. Other files deal with the licensing of
hospitals and nursing homes, including the Budd Hospital in Roseau and Cashel Nursing Home in Worthington; the compiling of
vital statistics and accurate population figures on Native Americans in the state; public health issues in both Rochester and
greater Olmsted County, as well as in St. Cloud; and regulation of public health nurses, plumbers, trailer coach parks, and
water pollution. |
| Quantity: | 0.5 cubic feet (1 partial box). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
There is also a file on the Minnesota Public Health Conference containing convention programs, correspondence, and some annual
and executive committee minutes.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Health. Files of Jerome W. Brower. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: None
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017103590104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 111.D.17.10F | | Correspondence, 1946-1956. 4 folders. |
| | | Largely concerns public health legislation. |
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| | Efficiency in Government Commission (Little Hoover), 1949-1953. |
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| | Health Department memos, undated, 1946-1958. |
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| | Health ordinances and legislation, 1940-1956. |
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| | Hospital Survey and Construction Act (Title VI of Public Health Service Act, Public Law 725), 1946-1955. |
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| | Licensing of hospitals and nursing homes, undated, 1952-1958. 2 folders. |
| | | One folder deals exclusively with Budd Hospital, Roseau, 1954. |
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| | Minnesota Public Health Conference, 1950-1958. |
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| | Nursing homes, 1951-1959. 2 folders. |
| | | One folder deals exclusively with Cashel Nursing Home, Worthington, 1954. |
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| | Olmsted County, 1946-1958. |
| | | Includes correspondence with county health officer Viktor Wilson about standards for water supply and sewage systems. |
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| | Plumbers and plumbing codes, 1948-1953. |
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| | Public health nurses, 1946-1958. |
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| | Ramsey County Council of League of Women Voters: The Science of Clean Surroundings, 1957. |
| | | Report on the need for a county board of health. |
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| | St. Cloud, 1947-1958. |
| | | Ordinances and correspondence on sanitation, public health, and public health nursing. |
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| | Trailer coach parks, 1943, 1951. |
| | | Includes ordinances from Duluth and Bloomington. |
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| | Water pollution, 1948, 1956-1957. |
| | | Largely the minutes of the Subcommittee of Water Pollution and Legislative Remedies, 1956-1957. |
| | | [0.5 cubic feet empty, legal] |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Drive-in restaurants -- Minnesota -- Standards.
- Hospital administrators -- Minnesota -- Standards.
- Hospital records -- Minnesota -- Standards.
- Hospitals -- Licenses -- Minnesota.
- Indians of North America -- Minnesota -- Census.
- Indians of North America -- Minnesota -- Statistics, Vital.
- Industrial hygiene -- Minnesota -- Standards.
- Medical policy -- Minnesota.
- Mobile home parks -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Nursing homes -- Licenses -- Minnesota.
- Plumbing -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Public health -- Minnesota -- Rochester.
- Public health -- Minnesota -- Olmsted County.
- Public health -- Minnesota -- Saint Cloud.
- Public health administration -- Minnesota.
- Public health nurses -- Minnesota.
- Public health nursing -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Tuberculosis -- Minnesota -- Standards.
- Water -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Brower, Jerome W.
- Organizations:
- Budd Hospital (Roseau, Minn.).
- Cashel Nursing Home (Worthington, Minn.).
- Minnesota Public Health Conference.
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