Overview
Texas. Cancer Registry Program.
Administrative
files
1975-1989, undated
These records consist
of administrative records of the Cancer Registry Division of the Texas
Department of Health, particularly from 1975 to 1987, with a few undated files.
Types of records include interoffice memoranda; report briefs; agenda, minutes,
and meeting summaries; reports; budget documents; correspondence with the
public and with other state agencies; speeches; copies of legislation and
administrative rules; membership lists and mailing lists; interagency
contracts; master agreements for federal grants; training materials; brochures;
handbooks and handbook revisions; job descriptions and organizational charts;
notes; etc. The purpose of the program is to provide an accurate and continuing
source of data concerning cancer and certain specified precancerous and
tumorous diseases, compiling statistics which medical authorities agree would
help in the early recognition, prevention, cure, or control of
cancer.
2.94 cubic
ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None.
Restrictions on Use
None.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Records, Cancer Registry Division, Bureau of
Disease Control and Epidemiology, Texas Department of Health. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Agency History
In 1979 the 66th Legislature enacted the Texas Cancer Control Act
(House Bill 853), which created the Cancer Registry Program within the Texas
Department of Health, making cancer a reportable disease. The purpose of the
program is to provide an accurate and continuing source of data concerning
cancer and certain specified precancerous and tumorous diseases, compiling
statistics which medical authorities agree would help in the early recognition,
prevention, cure, or control of cancer. Staff members are assigned to the
state's public health regions and to the central office to review and abstract
medical records, and also to train individual hospital-based registrars to
submit data. Subsequent lack of funding early in its existence forced the
Program to concentrate on four of the state's twelve public health regions. In
order to facilitate the analysis of the data which was being collected, the
Cancer Registry Program was transferred from the Bureau of Chronic Disease to
the Bureau of Epidemiology in May of 1982. The Bureau has recently been renamed
the Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology.
In June of 1980, the Board of Health created a Technical Advisory
Committee for the Cancer Control Program, composed of nine members selected by
the Board, with staggered three-year terms. Composition of the Advisory
Committee included a radiotherapist, a pathologist, a medical records
administrator, a medical oncologist, a surgeon, an oral surgeon, and three
consumer representatives. The Technical Advisory Committee was abolished
sometime around 1984.
Scope and Contents of the Records
These records consist of administrative records of the Cancer Registry
Division of the Texas Department of Health, particularly from 1975 to 1987,
with a few undated files. Types of records include interoffice memoranda;
report briefs; agenda, minutes, and meeting summaries; reports; budget
documents; correspondence with the public and with other state agencies;
speeches; copies of legislation and administrative rules; membership lists and
mailing lists; interagency contracts; master agreements for federal grants;
training materials; brochures; handbooks and handbook revisions; job
descriptions and organizational charts; notes; etc. The “report briefs”
were used to document telephone conversations, meetings, trips, and other types
of contacts, especially with the media. The meetings files apply to Board of
Health meetings, staff meetings, supervisors' meetings, and meetings of various
professional associations. Types of reports include annual and biennial
reports, quarterly reports, quarterly progress reports (summarizing
accomplishments and disappointments), trip reports, activity workload reports,
monthly statistical program updates, monthly statistical travel reports, and
special reports, both narrative and statistical.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
Arrangement of the Records
Arrangement is alphabetical according to a subject filing system used
by the division, and generally in reverse chronological order within each
subject.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Subjects:
Cancer--Texas--Statistics.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Cancer--Statistics--1975-1989.
Reports--Texas--Cancer--Statistics--1975-1989.
Minutes--Texas--Cancer--Statistics--1975-1989.
Administrative
records--Texas--Cancer--Statistics--1975-1989.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Chronic Disease
Prevention, Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program, Cancer surveys, 1993, 5
cubic ft.
Texas Cancer Council, Records, 1984-2001, 1.31 cubic
ft.
Texas Legislature, Legislative Task Force on Cancer in
Texas, Records, 1974-1988, 45.42 cubic ft.
Processing Information
Tony Black, September 1990
Accession Information
Accession number: 1990/132
These records were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the
Texas Department of Health on April 25, 1990.
Detailed Description of the Records
Records,
1975-1989,
2.94 cubic ft.
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1990/132-1
1.
Accomplishments,
FY 1986
1990/132-1
2.
Activity Workload Reports,
FY 1983-1986
1990/132-1
3.
Activity Workload Reports,
FY 1977-1982
1990/132-1
4.
Administrative Policies and Procedures--Epidemiology,
1983-1986
1990/132-1
5.
Agent Orange,
1985
1990/132-1
6.
American Cancer Society,
1981
1990/132-1
7.
American Heart Association,
1986-1987
1990/132-1
8.
American Joint Committee on Cancer,
1983
1990/132-1
9.
American Public Health Association,
1984
1990/132-1
10.
Arizona,
1983
1990/132-1
11.
Arkansas,
undated
1990/132-1
12.
Association of State and Territorial Health
Officials,
1984-1987
1990/132-1
13.
Availability of Cancer Incidence Data for the State of
Texas,
1986
1990/132-1
14.
Biennial Report,
FY 1981-1983
1990/132-1
15.
Board of Health,
1986-1987
1990/132-1
16.
Board of Health,
1985
1990/132-1
17.
Board of Health,
1984
1990/132-1
18.
Board of Health,
1982-1983
1990/132-1
19.
Board of Health,
1981
1990/132-1
20.
Board of Health,
1980
1990/132-1
21.
Budget,
FY 1985-1987
1990/132-1
22.
Budget,
FY 1984-1985
1990/132-1
23.
Budget,
FY 1983-1986
1990/132-1
24-25.
Budget,
FY 1982-1983
1990/132-1
26.
Budget,
FY 1981-1982
1990/132-1
27.
Budget,
FY 1980-1981
1990/132-1
28.
Budget,
FY 1975-1984
1990/132-1
29-31.
Cancer Control Act--Amendment,
1978-1986
1990/132-1
32.
Cancer Program Updates,
1982-1984
1990/132-1
33.
Cancer and Heart Program Updates,
1980-1981
1990/132-1
34.
Cancer and Heart Program Updates,
1978-1979
1990/132-1
35.
Cancer Registry Division Annual Report,
FY 1986
1990/132-1
36.
Cancer Registry Requirements,
1984, 1989
1990/132-1
37.
Cancer Reporting Legislation,
1985-1986
1990/132-1
38.
Case Selection Policy,
undated
1990/132-1
39.
Central Cancer Registries/Directory of State
Officials,
1982
1990/132-1
40.
Change in Staffing--Requests,
1984-1987
1990/132-1
41.
Colorado,
1982
1990/132-1
42.
Commissioner,
1980-1986
1990/132-1
43.
Community and Rural Health, Associate Commissioner
for,
1982-1984
1990/132-1
44.
Computer Software Development,
1984
1990/132-1
45.
Confidentiality,
1978-1985
1990/132-1
46.
Data Processing--Summary of Costs,
1987
1990/132-1
47.
Evaluation of Program,
undated
1990/132-1
48.
Fiscal Division,
1983-1987
1990/132-1
49.
Georgia,
1984-1987
1990/132-1
50.
Goals and Objectives,
ca. 1980-1987
1990/132-1
51.
Grants and Contracts,
1980-1987
1990/132-1
52.
Interagency Center for Cancer Prevention and Control,
1980
1990/132-1
53.
Investigations,
1986
1990/132-1
54.
Job Analysis,
undated
1990/132-1
55.
Job Descriptions,
1982-1983
1990/132-1
56-57.
Legislation,
1978-1979
1990/132-1
58.
Library--Texas State,
1977-1986
1990/132-1
59.
Library--Texas Department of Health,
1982-1987
1990/132-1
60.
Local Health Departments,
1981, 1985
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1990/132-2
1.
Management by Objectives (MBO),
1983-1984
1990/132-2
2.
Management by Objectives (MBO),
1982
1990/132-2
3.
Management by Objectives (MBO),
1981
1990/132-2
4.
Management by Objectives (MBO),
1980
1990/132-2
5.
Materials Acquisition and Management Division,
1985-1987
1990/132-2
6.
Media Contacts,
1984-1987
1990/132-2
7.
Mesothelioma Study,
1985-1987
1990/132-2
8.
Michigan,
1980-1984
1990/132-2
9.
Microfiche,
1984
1990/132-2
10.
Minnesota,
1984
1990/132-2
11-12.
Multiple Mailouts,
1981-1986
1990/132-2
13-14.
National Cancer Institute,
1987
1990/132-2
15.
National Conference on Central Registry Operation,
1986
1990/132-2
16.
National Death Index,
1985
1990/132-2
17.
National Tumor Registrars Association,
1982-1984
1990/132-2
18.
Organizational Charts,
1979
1990/132-2
19.
Personnel Management, Bureau of,
1981-1985
1990/132-2
20.
Plans,
1981
1990/132-2
21.
Plan--5 Year,
1977
1990/132-2
22.
Plan--6 Year,
1979
1990/132-2
23.
Population Projections by County and by Age,
1980, 1984
1990/132-2
24.
Preventable Diseases,
1982-1986
1990/132-2
25.
Puerto Rico,
ca. 1980
1990/132-2
26.
Quarterly Progress Reports: Accomplishments,
Disappointments,
1984-1986
1990/132-2
27.
Quarterly Progress Reports: Accomplishments,
Disappointments,
1982-1983
1990/132-2
28.
Quarterly Report,
December 1986-February 1987
1990/132-2
29.
Quarterly Report,
September-November 1986
1990/132-2
30.
Quarterly Report,
June-August 1986
1990/132-2
31.
Quarterly Report,
March-May 1986
1990/132-2
32.
Quarterly Report,
December 1985-February 1986
1990/132-2
33.
Quarterly Report,
September-November 1985
1990/132-2
34-35.
Redirection,
1981
1990/132-2
36.
Regional Coordinators' Meetings,
1984-1986
1990/132-2
37.
Regional Information,
1981-1982, 1987
1990/132-2
38.
Reimbursement,
1985-1986
1990/132-2
39.
Reimbursement Payment Cycle Schedules,
1986
1990/132-2
40.
Reports--Other,
1980-1985
1990/132-2
41.
Requests for Data--Epidemiological,
1985
1990/132-2
42.
Requests for Information--Legislators,
1983-1985
1990/132-2
43.
Rules and Regulations,
1982
1990/132-2
44.
SEER Program,
1983-1984
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1990/132-3
1-3.
Speeches,
1980, 1982, undated
1990/132-3
4.
Staff Meetings,
1985-1987
1990/132-3
5.
Staff Meetings,
1984
1990/132-3
6.
Staff Meetings,
1983
1990/132-3
7.
Staff Meetings,
1980-1982
1990/132-3
8.
Staff Meetings--Bureau of Epidemiology,
1983
1990/132-3
9.
State Health Plan,
1982-1986
1990/132-3
10.
State Health Plan,
1979-1981
1990/132-3
11.
State Health Plan Development Questionnaire,
1981
1990/132-3
12.
Sunset Commission,
1981-1983
1990/132-3
13.
Supervisors' Meetings,
1986
1990/132-3
14.
Supervisors' Meetings,
1985
1990/132-3
15.
Supervisors' Meetings,
1983-1984
1990/132-3
16.
Support Services, Associate Commissioner for,
1982-1985
1990/132-3
17.
Suspense File System,
undated
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1990/132-4
1-3.
Technical Advisory Committee,
1979-1986
1990/132-4
4.
Telecommunications Work Requests,
1986-1987
1990/132-4
5.
Texas Cancer Council,
1984
1990/132-4
6.
Texas Cancer Information Service,
1977
1990/132-4
7.
Texas Hospital Association,
1986
1990/132-4
8.
Texas Medical Foundation,
1977
1990/132-4
9.
Texas Medical Record Association,
1982, 1986
1990/132-4
10.
Texas Tumor Registrars Association,
1981-1985
1990/132-4
11.
Texas Public Employee's Association,
1985-1986
1990/132-4
12.
Texas Public Health Association,
1985
1990/132-4
13.
Training/Seminars,
1985-1986
1990/132-4
14-15.
Travel,
1981-1986
1990/132-4
16.
Travel Reports,
1986-1987
1990/132-4
17.
Travel Reports,
1985
1990/132-4
18.
Trip Reports,
1979-1986
1990/132-4
19.
Tumor Registry Monthly Reports,
1984
1990/132-4
20.
University of Texas School of Public Health (Houston),
1980, 1986
1990/132-4
21.
University of Texas System Cancer Center,
1981
1990/132-4
22.
University of Texas System Cancer Center--Computer
Data Exchange,
1980
1990/132-4
23.
University of Texas System Cancer Center--Interagency
Agreement,
1980