Health, Dept. of
Record Group
Identifier: DOH
Scope and Contents
This record group contains records created and maintained by Department of Health and the institutions it governed. Records include: correspondence, reports, birth records, death records, pollution results, medical license records, substance abuse records, surveys, blueprints, crippled children’s home records and grant applications.
Dates
- 1891 - 2011
Restrictions
Due to the nature of responsibilities of the Dept. of Health, many records contain confidential information about individuals, which is restricted from public access. Restricted record series are identified in this guide.
Administrative History
The Department of Health was created by Executive Order in 1973. DOH holds jurisdiction over all agencies and committees overseeing health services well as the clinics, schools and other medical facilities throughout the state of South Dakota. The Executive Order which created the DOH also specified the creation of the Office of Inspector of Mines as well as the Food Service Advisory Council.
The DOH briefly had jurisdiction over the Division of Sanitary Engineering before this was moved to the Dept. of Environmental Protection.
The DOH briefly had jurisdiction over the Division of Sanitary Engineering before this was moved to the Dept. of Environmental Protection.
Extent
471.2 Cubic Feet
- Adoption -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alcoholism -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crippled Children's Hospital and School Subject Source: Local sources
- Drug Abuse -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Environmental Monitoring Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Health Care Reform -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hospitals and Clinics -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marriage Records Subject Source: Local sources
- Medical Personnel -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nurses/Nursing -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Pathfinder Nuclear Power Plant (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public Health -- South Dakota -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rural Health Services -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Uranium Mines and Mining -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vital Records Subject Source: Local sources
- Water-supply -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the South Dakota Department of Health
- Status
- In Process
- Author
- Hannah Marshall, Processing Archivist
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Sponsor
- Preparation of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
- Edition statement
- 1st Edition
Repository Details
Part of the South Dakota State Archives Repository
Contact:
900 Governors Dr
Pierre South Dakota 57501 USA
605-773-3804
605-773-6041 (Fax)
archref@state.sd.us
900 Governors Dr
Pierre South Dakota 57501 USA
605-773-3804
605-773-6041 (Fax)
archref@state.sd.us
