Public Health Department Pamphlets 1893-1923
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE5/2/3
- Dates of Creation:1893 - 1942
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 volume Volume
Scope and Content
Bound volume of printed, typed and manuscript articles by A K Chalmers. At the front and back are newspaper cuttings: a visit by Sir John Gilmour MP to backlands with Chalmers and others, 1924; and his retirement including his speech on the history of public health, 1925. Also includes his letter of thanks, 1925; photographs from the County and Municipal Record, 1906 and Public Health, 1913; cartoon from The Bailie showing the medical-sanitary duel, 1902; obituary, 1942; biographical sketch in French 1906; foreword by the Librarian on the arrangement of the pamphlets, 1924; and alphabetical index.
Articles are: Report on an Outbreak of Scarlet Fever in Glasgow connected with an epidemic teat eruption on milch cows at Jaapston by James Russell and A K Chalmers, 1893; Smallpox and its Prevention, 1893; Scarlatina and Scarlatinal Sore Throat - a record of milk infection, 1894; Discussion on Diphtheria, 1895; Return Cases of Scarlet Fever, 1895; The Distribution of Tuberculous Diseases in Glasgow, 1897; An Enquiry into the Vital Statistics of School Ages, 1898; Bacteriology in Relation to Public Health Administration, 1899; The Law Relating to Infectious Diseases, 1921; The Clinical Varieties of Plague, 1900; Plague- Destruction of Rats, 1901; The Death-Rate in One Apartment Houses - an enquiry based on the census returns of 1901; The Milk Supply of Cows - a plea for a pure milk supply, 1904; The Hygiene of School Life, 1904; Corporation of Glasgow Infants' Milk Depot, 1904; The Problem of Sanitation and Poverty, 1904; Notes on the Mortality of Occupations, 1904; Corporation of Glasgow Infantile Mortality - Report of Deputation to the Congrès International des Gouttes de Lait, 1905; Physical Inspection of School Children in Relation to Public Health Administration, 1905; Corporation of the City of Glasgow Reception House at Baird Street [programme for opening]; Increase of the Powers of Local Authorities with regard to Milk Supply, 1906; Cerebro-Spinal Fever, 1907; Some Recent Manifestations of Cerebro-Spinal Fever, 1907; The Growth of Cities in Relation to Town Planning, 1908; The Functions of a Cleansing Department in Relation to Public Health Administration, 1909; Hints about the Prevention of Scarlet Fever, 1910; Report of Representatives to the Third International Congress on Infant Mortality, 1911; Flies as Disease Carriers, 1913; Notice to Stable-Keepers, 1915; Power of Boarding Vessels by Port Local Authorities, 1913; Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Infant Mortality in the First Four Weeks of Life, 1914; The House as a Contributory Factor in the Death-rate, 1913; A Page in the Natural History of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1913; Risks of Small Pox in View of the Declining Vaccination Returns of the Country, 1914; Public Health Administration [booklet with statistics and photographs and plans of Ruchil Hospital, Robroyston Hospital, Belvidere Hospital and Granville Street Dispensary], 1914; On the Need for a Midwives Act in Scotland, 1914; Ante-Natal Hygiene and its Relation to Still and Premature Births and Mortality in the First Months of Life, 1914; Is Any Part of the Present Decline in the Birth-Rate Cyclical?, 1915; Economy in Food During War, 1915; Health and Housing, 1916; The Increase in Diphtheria in Scotland in Recent Years, 1916;The Human Wastage Caused by Social Impurity, 1917 [venereal disease]; Maternity and Child Welfare Schemes - responsibility of Local Authorities under the Notification of Births (Scotland) Act 1915; The Declining Birth-Rate Its Causes and Effects, 1917; Ochil Hills Sanatorium Rules and Regulations for Patients, 1918; On Some Unusual Forms of Nervous Disease, 1918; Corporation of Glasgow - Tuberculosis - Rules for Patients After Leaving Sanatorium, 1919; The Function of the Isolation Hospital in a General Scheme of Hospital Provision, 1920; A Plea for the Study of Biology in Relation to Public Health, 1922; The Destruction of Rats and Making of Buildings Rat-Proof, 1922; Corporation of Glasgow Hints about the Management of Children, 1922; A Note on Current Cases of Encephalitis in Glasgow, 1923; The Co-ordination of Relief, in Organised Help, the periodical of the Glasgow Charity Organisation Society, 1923; The Working of the Midwives Act, 1923; and Some Illustrations of the Recent History of Alcoholism in Glasgow, 1923.
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