Functional Records of the Glasgow Public Health Department

Scope and Content
These records relate to some of the functions of the Department namely: housing; control of infectious disease; Port Local Authority; pollution control; interments; registers of premises; food hygiene; civil defence; and the construction and maintenance of hospitals. Also included are the meteorological records created by the Department.
The section includes: Housing, 1902 - 1970 (D-HE4/1); Infectious Diseases, 1920 - 1973 (D-HE4/2); Glasgow Port Local Authority, 1901 - 1969 (D-HE4/3); Pollution Control, 1899 – 1983 (D-HE4/4); Interments, 1912 – 1950 (D-HE4/5);Register of Premises, 1879 – 1952 (D-HE4/5); Food Hygiene, 1873 – 1958 (D-HE4/7); Civil Defence, 1940s (D-HE4/8); Meteorology, 1885 – 1971 (D-HE4/9); Hospital Construction, 1894 – 1938 (D-HE4/10); Mental Health Administration, 1937 - c1960 (D-HE4/11)
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