Scope and Contents The City Charter provides that the Mayor shall "appoint, with approval of a majority of members of the Council, members of all boards except as otherwise provided in this Charter or by applicable State law." In practice the Mayor appoints, or nominates for appointment, members not only of Charter-created boards and commissions but also of a variety of bodies created by state law, quasi-governmental organizations, and public-private corporate partnerships.The records comprise...

Scope and Contents The New Orleans Health Department records contain vital records, correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, statistical reports, complaints and violations of Health Laws, and publications. They also contain records from specialized departments, including: Bureau of Public Health Nursing Bureau of Public Health Nursing Bureau of Tuberculosis Control City Health Laboratory City Health Laboratory City Smallpox Hospital, 1874-1879 Lead Poisoning...

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Transferred to the Archives in 1995 following the resignation of Dr. Brobson Lutz as Director of Health. Most of the records are listed as "General Files," but there is also a subseries of "AIDS Files." The records are especially strong for the period of Dr. Lutz's administration which began in 1983. Also of special interest is an extensive file on the "merger" of the Health Department with the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources.