Reports of the Glasgow Medical Officers of Health
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE1/1
- Dates of Creation:1863 - 1985
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:13 items; 67 volumes; 2 files
Scope and Content
Includes Reports by the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Glasgow to the Board of Police (D-HE1/1/1-3); Report on the Health of Glasgow for the first quarter of 1869 (D-HE1/1/4); Sanitary Department Glasgow - Annual Report on the Health of the City (D-HE1/1/5); Bound volumes of Annual Reports and Census Reports of the City of Glasgow Medical Officer of Health (D-HE1/1/6/2-4); Glasgow Corporation Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow (D-HE1/1/7-8); Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow (D-HE1/1/9-20, 23-26); Bound copy of Glasgow Medical Officer of Health Reports (D-HE1/1/21); Glasgow Medical Officer of Health Reports (D-HE1/1/22); [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health (D-HE1/1/27-31, 38-69); Report of Medical Officer of Health City of Glasgow (D-HE1/1/32-37); City of Glasgow District Council - Environmental Health Department - Various Reports (D-HE1/1/70-73).
As it is not known how frequently the reports were submitted it is not known if this run is complete. There are reports for 1870-1872 at D-HE/1/4/1 then there is a gap from 1873-1898, which covers the period of James Burn Russell's term as Medical Officer of Health and the start of A K Chalmers'. Within this collection the gap is partly filled by the fortnightly returns in D-HE/1/6.
Elsewhere, copies of quarterly reports for 1872-1885 can be found in D-TC/14/2/37-41. The Police Commissioners have fortnightly reports included in the printed minutes series E1/6/1-24 (1875-1898). The annual report appears in the first fortnightly report of the following year as a brief synopsis then later (from at least 1886) as a full report. In the manuscript minutes of the Health Committee (E1/13/4-5 1872-1875) the reports are mentioned but aren’t included until 21st December 1874.
The reports for 1920-1922 are bound together in D-HE/1/1/21. There are volumes missing for 1923, 1973-1980 and 1983-1984. The volumes were published the year after the one they cover but to avoid confusion the date has been given as the same as that of the report.
Duplicate annual reports for 1898-1906 appear in the bound volumes in D-HE/1/1/6 which also include inserts not included in the loose copies of the reports. Many of the reports are annotated with underlinings etc.
Two reports were part of the Public Health Department Library where items were kept according to an alpha-numeric system. The original references have been cited.
Working papers used to compile the reports are in files at D-HE/1/9/1. Other copies of reports from 1901 onwards are at D-TC/7/11/3.
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Related Material
Glasgow City Archives, D-TC/7/11/3, Glasgow Corporation Health Departmental Annual Reports
Glasgow City Archives, E1/13/4-5, Glasgow Police Committee of Health Minutes
Glasgow City Archives, E1/6/1-24, Glasgow Police Printed Minutes of the Board of Police of Glasgow
Glasgow City Archives, D-TC/14/2/37-41, Glasgow Corporation Departmental Reports