Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Health. Bulletin. Los Angeles: Board of Health Commissioners, 1934-

Finding Guide by Tony Gardner, Curator
November 1999

2 boxes, 1 linear ft.

Call No. : RA28.L7213

History

In 1899 the new Los Angeles City charter established a board of health and an elected city health officer. George Parrish, MD was the city health officer from 1924-1932 and from 1934 through 1943. The Bulletin was an irregular mimeographed publication first issued in 1934. Each issue was written by health officers in the Department on a current health topic. A total of 76 of these bulletins were written between 1934 and 1943 during the term of Dr. Parrish. The Los Angeles Department of Health remained a city agency reporting to the Board of Health Commissioners until July 1, 1964 when the Los Angeles County Health Department absorbed it.

Provenance

The Bulletin issues are duplicate copies transferred to CSU Northridge from the former city Department of Health. They form part a collection of similar documents referred to as the Los Angeles Department of Health Archives.

Box 1

• No. 1. Parrish, George. Infantile Paralysis (Poliomyelitis). 1934. 3 p.
• No. 2. Stevens, George M. Poliomyelitis. 1934. 11 p.
• No. 3. Sutton, Ransome. Poliomyelitis: Los Angeles Outbreak, 1934. 1934. 4 p.
• No. 4. Stewart, C.K. Rodent Control and What it Means.. 1934. 3 p.
• No. 5. Parrish, George. Victims of the Prostitute. 1935. 13 p.
• No. 6. Parrish, George. Control of Communicable Diseases: Standard Regulations. 1935. 33 p.
• No. 7. Parrish, George. Los Angeles City Health Department. April 1935. 8 p.
• No. 8. Kositza, Lillian. Child Hygiene. 1935. 3 p.
• No. 9. Steven, George M. Measles: Modern Prevention and Treatment. 1935. 3 p.
• No. 10. Parrish, George. Drug Addiction [reprint of 1921 paper]. June 1935. 6 p.
• No. 11. Stevens, George M. Immunization for Poliomyelitis. 1935. 11 p.
• No. 12. Parrish, George. As a Moral Measure, is the Harrison Narcotic Law a Failure? 1935. 18 p.
• No. 13. Parrish, George. Los Angeles City Health Department. Oct. 1935. 8 p.
• No. 14. Jeter, W.J. Vaccination. Jan. 1936. 4 p.
• No. 15. Parrish, George. Public Health Talks over Radio Station KHJ. 1936. 4,4,3,3,3 p.
• No. 16. Cain, J.M. Quarantine. 1936. 10 p.
• No. 17. Parrish, George. Constipation. Mar. 1936. 3 p.
• No. 18. Parrish, George. Vaccination and Smallpox. 1936. 9 p.
• No. 19. Parrish, George. Burial Customs - Past and Present. 1936. 4 p.
• No. 20. Stevens, George. Public Health Aspects of Gonorrhea in the Female. 1937. 5 p.
• No. 21. Mefferd, Frank W. Fruits and Vegetables. 1936. 7 p.
• No. 22. Parrish, George. Radio Talks [over] KHJ. 1936. 2,3,3,3 p.
• No. 23. Parrish, George. Los Angeles City Health Department. 1936. 7 p.
• No. 24. Elliott, H.M. Syphilis and Gonorrhea [and] "What the City Health Department is Doing". 1937. 4 p.
• No. 25. Parrish, George. Control of Communicable Diseases. [Reprint of No. 6]. 1937. 32 p.
• No. 26. Newcomb, C.A. Summer Camp Suggestions. June 1937. 3 p.
• No. 27. Parrish, George. Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. 1937. 9 p.
• No. 28. Kositza, Lillian. Nursery Schools. 1937. 4 p.
• No. 29. Sweger, F.D. Common Causes of Food Poisoning and How to Prevent Them. 1937. 4 p.
• No. 30. Stewart, C.K. Rodent Control. 1938. 4,3,3,1 p.
• No. 31. Vener, Hyman I. Typhoid Carrier Problem. 1938. 8 p.
• No. 32. Peterson, F.W. Vital Statistics. 1938. 5 p.
• No. 33. Vener, Hyman I. Trichinosis. 1938. 17 p.
• No. 34. Siegel, M.S. Report of slum Conditions (Reasons for the Inauguration of Low. Cost Public Housing. 1938. 4 p.
• No. 35. Schmelzel,G.F. From the Cradle to the Grave. 1938. 5 p.
• No. 36. Siegel, M.S. Mushroom Poisoning. 1938. 4 p.
• No. 37. Schmelzel, George F. Social Securities Aspect of Syphilis. 1938. 5 p.
• No. 38. Parrish, George. Victims of the Prostitute. (Veneral Disease in Los Angeles). 1938. 13 p.
• No. 39. Parrish, George. Vaccination and Smallpox. 1938. 9 p.
• No. 40. Parrish, George. City and County Consolidation. (John A. Rush Report). 1938. 20 p.
• No. 41. Elliott, H.M. & Barney Silver. Use of Sulfanilamide in 1625 Cases of Male Gonorrhea. 1938. 15,2 p.
• No. 42. Parrish, George. Industry and Labor. 1938. 4 p.
• No. 43. Parrish, George. Rodent Control. 1939. 12,3 p.
• No. 44. Stevens, George M. Measles and Whooping Cough. 1939. 5,5 p.
• No. 45. Parrish, George. Los Angeles City Health Department. 1939. 9 p.
• No. 46. Parrish, George. Laws and Education,. the Health Department's Responsibilities. 1939. 6 p.
• No. 47. Nunes, W.L. & Shaw, Charles N. Housing Inspection. General Inspection. 1939. 5 p.
• No. 48. Parrish, George. Alkaline Diet and Diet for Increasing Weight. 1939. 4,3 p.
• No. 49. Stevens, George M. Proper Conduct of an Isolation Period for Communicable Disease. in a Home. 1939. 4 p.
• No. 50. Newcomb, C.A. Summer Camp suggestions. 1939. 3 p.
• No. 51. Parrish, George. Clean Up and Beautify. 1939. 3 p.
• No. 52. Parrish, George. Healthy Child. His Diet and Habits. 1939. 6 p.
• No. 53. Parrish, George. Drug Addiction. 1939. 6 p.
• No. 54. Parrish, George. Control of Communicable Diseases. Standard Regulations. [rev. 1939]. 1939. 32 p.
• No. 55. Parrish, George. Los Angeles City Health Department. 1939. 9 p.
• No. 56. American Society for Control of Cancer. Cancer. 1939. 5 p.
• No. 57. Barnes, Roger W. & H.M. Elliott. Deferred Sulfanilamide Therapy in the Treatment of Gonorrheal Urethritis in the Male. 1939. 8 p.
• No. 58. Parrish, George. Industrial Hygiene. 1939. 9 p.
• No. 59. Stevens, George M. Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis). 1939. 10 p.
• No. 60. Metropolitan Life Insurance. Smallpox. 1939. 5 p.

Box 2

• No. 61. Hale, Elizabeth. Historical Highlights on Health in the City of Los Angeles. 1939. 11 p.
• No. 62. Los Angeles City Health Dept. Antisyphilitic Drugs. Pharmacology and Reactions. 1939. 3 p.
• No. 63. Vener, Hyman I. & George M. Institutional Outbreak of Hemolytic Streptococci (Scarlet Fever). 1939. 30 p.
• No. 64. Siegel, M.S. & F.D. Sweger. Disinfection and Disinfectants. Drinking Water Purification and. Food Poisoning. 1939. 15 p.
• No. 65. Vener, Hyman I. & George M. Typhoid Fever Outbreak in the City of Los Angeles. Epidemiological Investigation. 1940. 35 p.
• No. 66. Parrish, George. Sanitization of Eating and Drinking Utensils. 1940. 9 p.
• No. 67. Parrish, George. Los Angeles City Health Department. 1940. 10 p.
• No. 68. Kositza, Lillian. Whooping Cough Immunization. 1940. 11 p.
• No. 69. Steward, C.K. Rodent Control. 1940. 6 p.
• No. 70. Parrish, George. Influenza. 1940. 8 p.
• No. 71. Nasatir, A.V. Mental Hygiene and Industry in an Ailing World. 1941. 12 p.
• No. 72. Vener, Hyman I. & Albert C. Clinical Tetanus. Treatment in 100 Consecutive Cases with a Net Mortality Rate of 19 Per Cent. 1941. 9 p.
• No. 73. Parrish, George.What Lies Ahead? 1941. 7 p.
• No. 74. Parrish, George. Role of the Los Angeles City Health Department in National. Defense. 1941. 23p.
• No. 75. Bettin, Mona. Some Practical Considerations of the Pasteur Treatment. 1941. 5 p.
• No. 76. Pulley, H. C. & H.M. Elliott. Report of an Epidemic of Sypilis and Gonorrhea in Venice Area. Report of Investigation of Local Syphilis Outbreak. 1943. 9 p.