Administrative Records of the Glasgow Public Health Department
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE1
- Dates of Creation:1823 - 1985
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:294 files; 127 volumes; 132 items
Scope and Content
This section consists of records produced by the Department as a result of its reporting functions; records created to compile the reports; the central filing systems; and other central administrative records.
The section includes: D-HE1/1, Reports of the Glasgow Medical Officers of Health, 1863 – 1985; D-HE1/2, The Vital Statistics of Glasgow, 1823 – 1891; D-HE1/3, Administrative Records relating to the Annual Reports of the Glasgow Medical Officer of Health, 1927 – 1967; D-HE1/4, Records of the Glasgow Sanitary Inspector, 1871 – 1920; D-HE1/5, Reports of the Glasgow Public Health Department, 1863 – 1979; D-HE1/6, Fortnightly returns of the Glasgow Medical Officer of Health, 1870 – 1921; D-HE1/7, City of Glasgow Weekly Records of Vital Statistics, 1921 – 1973; D-HE1/8, Reports of the Corporation of Glasgow School Health Service, 1950 – 1971; D-HE1/9, Central Filing Systems of the Glasgow Public Health Department, 1875 – 1975; D-HE1/10, Administrative Files of the Glasgow Public Health Department, 1907 – 1978; D-HE1/11, [City of Glasgow] Medical Officer of Health Register of Staff No 1, 1874 – 1918; D-HE1/12, Statistics - Medical Officer of Health No 1, 1911; D-HE1/13, [City of Glasgow Sanitary Inspector] Letter Book No 53, 1915 – 1915; D-HE1/14, [Divisional Medical Officer's] Science Note Book, 1936 – 1937.
The minutes of the Department are not included in the collection. They come under the Police records for the period up to circa 1910 (see E/1-24) and after that are engrossed in the Council minutes.
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