AGENCY: Department of Health. Bureau of Chronic Disease Control

SERIES: 6640
TITLE: Rheumatic fever case validation report
DATES: i 1963-1980.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by name

DESCRIPTION: These are the records of a defunct state program to monitor and to provide medication to children with rheumatic fever. This program was discontinued in 1980.

_ Included in this record series are patient name, address, date of birth, age, sex, race; name of parent or guardian; date of initial attack; major diagnostic criteria such as carditis, polyarthritis, etc ; minor diagnostic criteria such as fever, arthralgia, etc ; diagnosis; date of treatment and/or medication; name and address of family physician; type of prophylaxis; whether streptococcal infection was present; date application was received and reissued; and a record of prescriptions given the patient.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Records Center for 12 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

The program has ended and these files are inactive. Occasionally a physician will contact the bureau for medical histories of a patient. Therefore, this record should be retained until all the patients have reached the age of majority. Because the last patient was seen in 1980; the last record will be retained until 1998.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Private

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