Talk:Commissioner of Health of the City of New York

Merging pages
Is it possible to merge Commissioner of Health of the City of New York with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene? --RandomUserGuy1738 (talk) 04:50, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Confusion: President vs. Commissioner?
I think this list may, at least in some cases, be listing people who served as president of the Board of Health as the Health Commissioner. I believe those were different positions. I am working on an article on Dr. Cyrus Edson, who served as the Health Commissioner 1893-5 ; the article on Charles G. Wilson, listed in this article as the Health Commissioner during that time, says he served as president of the Board of Health. I will try to find time to sort this out, but someone else could sort it out as well. Brianyoumans (talk) 14:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * After doing some more research, I think that there was a lot of vagueness about the terms used early on. Some years the head of the Board of Health was listed as "president" and not as a commissioner. Sometimes he was listed as both. I think sometimes "Health Commissioner" simply meant a member of the commission.Brianyoumans (talk) 23:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)