This series contains a majority of correspondence along with reports, charts and similar reports of the Director of the Office of Administration. Prior to about 1966, this office was known as the Division of Administration and Finance. The records relate to the providing of administrative support services to the various subdivisions of the Department of Public Health. Particularly, the papers concern such functions as: (1) fiscal and budgetary control and coordination; (2) coordination of efforts toward procuring Federal grant funds; (3) such departmental coordination as (a) the acquisition and assignment of land, facilities, space and equipment, (b) implementation of the self-insurance program at the State hospitals; (4) feasibility studies toward upgrading agency wide operations, such as the application of computer techniques; (5) liaison with other agencies and organizations.