Miscellaneous
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE4/3/4/24
- Dates of Creation:1941 - 1946
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:3 files Typed document
Scope and Content
Mostly correspondence of a low level administrative nature, such as arrangements between the Port Health Authority and the harbour of Greenock for running repairs and people locating family members or luggage. Includes:
File 1 - account of the death of a ship's cook at sea, May 1941; regulations for medical practitioners for the supply to invalids of liquid milk and shell eggs, 1941; list of meetings for practical health work, January 1942; memorandum on the medical examination of merchant seamen before embarkation, June 1942; The Bristol Sanitary Inspectors' Role in the War Effort by J A Robinson and F J Redstone; letter on latrines discharging into docks, August 1942
File 2 - letter on rescue of men resulting from collision in the Clyde Anchorages, September 1942; circular letter given to members of the US Army Expeditionary Forces signed by Franklin Roosevelt; ferry services between Gare Loch and Gourock; correspondence on the scheme for the welfare of American merchant seamen, January 1943; draft of commentary for Good Health to Scotland; notes on visit to Seamen's Hostels in Liverpool, March 1943; rules for the Public Health Department Comforts Fund for members of staff serving the HM Forces, January 1943
File 3 - letter from Hutchison to MacGregor on the white paper for the National Health Service and port sanitary regulations, March 1944; clearing of a doctor carrying mice and guinea pigs infected with typhus; part of a report on the growth and use of crude penicillin; instructions to surveyors as to the survey of masters' and crews' spaces, March 1943; rat control measures, August 1944; report on the activities of the Port Health Authority, August 1944; and speech, presumably by Hutchison, on the duties of the Port Medical Officer.
Access Information
Open
Access restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist
Subjects