Records of the Glasgow Public Health Department relating to Infectious Diseases
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE4/2
- Dates of Creation:1920 - 1973
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:19 items; 15 files; 9 volumes; 6 bundles; 2 boxes
Scope and Content
This section includes Returns of cases of infectious diseases registered (D-HE4/2/1); Weekly returns on infectious diseases by named ward, including whooping cough, diptheria, measles, CSF, pneumonia and scarlet fever (D-HE4/2/2); Registers of Cases of Infectious Diseases (D-HE4/2/3); Records of Cases of Infectious Diseases (D-HE4/2/4); Glasgow 1920-21 Smallpox - Maps and Charts (D-HE4/2/5); Certificate after Instruction in Vaccination (D-HE4/6); Record of Poliomyeltis Vaccination (D-HE4/7).
The work of the Department in relation to infectious disease included the recording of statistical information on notifiable diseases; vaccination; the administration of reception houses, child welfare centres and hospitals; and disinfection of houses where infectious disease had occurred.
Tuberculosis was one of the major public health issues to be dealt with. In 1909 the Corporation made it notifiable. Later, according to a 1935 report, the Corporation's Tuberculosis Scheme was administered through five district clinics where patients were selected for admission to hospital. Artificial light treatment was also provided at two clinics and staff were available for home supervision. By 1958 immunisation through the BCG and mass x-ray campaigns for detection were also administered.
Venereal disease was treated through clinics and centres at voluntary hospitals as well as cases being picked up at Child Welfare Clinics.
[Sources: D-HE/6/3/34 Centenary of Civic Administration; D-HE/6/1/32 Health and Welfare Services in Glasgow ].
It was only after the 1929 Local Government (Scotland) Act that hospitals for non-infectious sick came under the City's control.
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