GLASGOW CITY ARCHIVES Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department

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1 Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department NOTES ON THE CATALOGUE This is a print-out from our database which is not yet available to the public. Each item has its own reference number which is shown in the column on the left. This should be cited if you wish to request an item. There is sub-fonds, series and sub-series information throughout the catalogue which is indicated by reference numbers in red. This information relates to all the items in that subfonds, series or sub-series. For example, if you are interested in D-HE/1/6/3 it is worth scrolling up to the series description at D-HE/1/6 which will give you more information about the volume. Please note that the references in red cannot be requested as they are not items.

2 Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department History of the Public Health Functions In the period before 1895 both the poor law authorities and the police authority had important health functions (see Glasgow Parish Council and Glasgow Corporation Police Department). In 1895 all the activities of the police authorities, including those relating to public health, were transferred to Glasgow Corporation under the Glasgow Corporation and Police Act The poor law authorities remained independent. The Health Department was now responsible for the fever hospitals, sanitary inspection, including the controversial inspection of ticketed houses, meat and milk inspection, and a wide range of other functions relating to public health. In 1903, after an outbreak of plague in the city, the Corporation was constituted a port local authority for the purposes of the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 with powers of inspection of ships over the whole of the Clyde. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, more than doubled the work of the department. The parish councils and district boards of control were abolished and their functions transferred to the Corporation. The health and welfare functions were split into separate Public Assistance and Public Health committees and departments. In the case of health these included the hospitals, the medical work of the poorhouses, and the outdoor medical services for the sick poor formerly administered by the local Parish Councils. The department, which already administered the infectious diseases hospitals, now inherited both the poorhouses and the poor law general hospitals, including Stobhill and the Southern General Hospital (the Southern General was at first treated as a poor law institution and not transferred from the Public Welfare Department until 1936). Institutions such as Barnhill and the Southern General, which were partly hospitals and partly poorhouses, were in practice shared between Health and Public Assistance, but the Health Department alone was now responsible for 17 hospitals, with about 10,000 beds. The District Boards of Control also transferred to the Corporation. There had been six of these within the municipal area, responsible for the provision of accommodation for mental defectives, as well as for the insane under the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) Act The Corporation now inherited, along with the hospitals and the asylums, the lands of Lennox Castle in Stirlingshire, and Caldwell House, near Neilston, purchased respectively by the Glasgow and Govan Boards, for the provision of accommodation for the mentally handicapped. The building work was now carried out by the department, and Lennox Castle Certified Institution opened in The other substantial addition to its work under the 1929 Act was the medical inspection and treatment of school children, previously the function of the education authority. This ended the anomaly whereby the health of children became the responsibility of a different authority once they reached school age. The health services for children were now co-ordinated, and the former Chief School Medical Officer was appointed a Deputy Medical Officer of Health. The department acquired additional functions in wartime, including the provision of casualty hospitals, first aid posts and ambulance depots. With the advent of the National Health Service in July 1948, however, it was drastically reorganised. In particular the new Hospital Boards took over both the voluntary and municipal hospitals. However, local authorities retained important functions under Part III of the Act. Apart from his Public Health Act functions, the responsibilities of the Medical Officer of Health included maternity and child welfare, the health of school children, health visiting, and the previously voluntary District Nursing Service, among others. In 1949 the Corporation amalgamated Public Health and Welfare to form the Health and Welfare Department.

3 Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department The re-formed department continued without radical change for almost twenty years, but then, as in , the health and welfare aspects of its work were drastically altered by two separate statutes. The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 redistributed the various welfare services, mainly for children, the elderly and the handicapped, to form a new Social Work Department. The Health Department now resumed its former name. It continued to be responsible for maternity and child welfare, the School Health Service, the Health Visiting Service, the District Nursing Service, immunisation and vaccination, and the control and notification of infectious diseases. It also continued to act as the Port Health Authority and was still responsible for food inspection. Reform of the public health function came in 1972, with the National Health Service (Scotland) Act. When the Act came into effect in 1974, newly created Health Boards took over responsibility for the local authority personal health services, as well as for hospitals and general practitioners. The post of Medical Officer of Health was abolished and the medical profession entirely removed from local government. Accordingly the medical functions of the department and most of its staff now transferred to the Greater Glasgow Health Board. The remaining functions were entrusted to a new Environmental Health Department, now responsible for miscellaneous General Services, including slum clearance; food and drugs; noise abatement; the control of pests; the Port Health Authority; food inspection, including the registration and supervision of dairies, creameries and similar premises; and air purification under the Clean Air Acts. It transferred to Glasgow District Council on local government reorganisation in The Medical Officers of Health from 1863 until the abolition of the post in 1974 were: W T Gairdner, ; James Burn Russell, ; Archibald K Chalmers, ; Sir Alexander S MacGregor, ; Stuart Laidlaw, ; William Horne, ; Archibald R Miller, ; and Thomas Scott Wilson, [Source: administrative history from the Scottish Archive Network ( Custodial History This collection came into Glasgow City Archives through a number of different deposits. At least two of these deposits came from the library of the Public Health Department and its successors. Many of the items are stamped Public Health Department Library or Sanitary Department. It appears to have been departmental policy to put all records in the Library. In other words the Library did not just contain published sources but manuscript material and files as well. A simple alphanumeric finding system was used for some items with for example E indicating disease and M indicating housing and planning. Because this system was not used consistently over time and because this original departmental order is not helpful to anyone wanting to use the collection, it has not been retained. Description The collection includes: D-HE/1: annual reports of the Medical Officer of Health ; annual reports of the Sanitary Inspector ; other reports by the Department and its staff ; fortnightly returns ; the vital statistics of Glasgow , ; reports of the Glasgow School Health Service ; administrative files ; newspaper cuttings ; register of staff D-HE/2: records of predecessor authorities and those of authorities which became part of the City of Glasgow through boundary extensions including the Burghs of Govan, Pollokshaws, Kinning Park and Partick

4 Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department D-HE/3: financial records D-HE/4/1: reports on Glasgow housing conditions ; improvement schedules and plans c ; Housing Acts records of representation ; housing photographs c D-HE/4/2: returns of infectious diseases ; registers of cases of infectious disease ; smallpox outbreak maps and charts D-HE/4/3: Port Local Authority files D-HE/4/4: smoke registers ; smoke reports ; smoke letter books ; byelaws relating to smoke pollution D-HE/4/5: applications for interment D-HE/4/6: register of premises D-HE/4/7: records of food hygiene D-HE/4/8: civil defence photographs 1940s D-HE/4/9: meteorological records D-HE/4/10: contracts for construction of Ruchill Hospital D-HE/5/1: papers of James Burn Russell D-HE/5/2: papers of Archibald Chalmers D-HE/5/3: papers of Alexander MacGregor D-HE/5/4: papers of Alexander MacLean c1940-c1959 D-HE/6/1: publications by the Public Health Department D-HE/6/2: bye-laws of the Public Health Department D-HE/6/3-8: publications collected by the Public Health Department D-HE/6/9: mass radiography ephemera 1957 D-HE/6/10: film strips c1945-c1968 D-HE/7: photographs c Appraisal This material has been appraised in line with standard GB243 procedures. Some material was not retained. A list is available on request. Accruals No accruals expected. Access Conditions Access restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives for further information. Copyright restrictions Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist. Date of Description Description compiled by Alison Scott, Project Archivist, August 2016

5 D-HE/1 D-HE/1/1 D-HE/1/1/1 D-HE/1/1/2 Sub-Fonds GLASGOW CITY ARCHIVES Glasgow Corporation Public Health Department Administrative Records of the Glasgow Public Health Department 283 files; 120 volumes; 132 items 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. There are notable gaps in the holdings such as the minutes of the Department, the only minutes being for Medical Officers of Health meetings (D-HE/1/6/1). Series Reports of the Glasgow Medical Officers of Health 13 items; 67 volumes; 2 files There are loose reports for and 1871 (D/HE/1/1/1-4), and bound reports for (D/HE/1/4/1) but as it is not known how frequently the reports were submitted it is not known if this run is complete. There is then a gap from , which covers the period of James Burn Russell's term as Medical Officer of Health and the start of A K Chalmers'. This is partly filled by the fortnightly returns in D/HE/1/6. The reports for are bound together in D-HE/1/1/21. There are gaps from and Duplicate annual reports for 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 also 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. Report by the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Glasgow to the Board of Police Report by W T Gairdner, primarily on epidemics of typhus, smallpox and scarlet fever. After a general statement he gives specific comments on Central, Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western districts. See also D-HE/1/5/1. Report by the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Glasgow to the Board of Police 2 items Report by W T Gairdner including a table showing the number of death in each registration district and appendices on the number of ticketed houses; and the number cases of fever, smallpox and scarlet fever. 2 copies. See also D- HE/1/5/ Oct 1863 Jan 1864

6 D-HE/1/1/3 D-HE/1/1/4 D-HE/1/1/5 D-HE/1/1/6 Report by the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Glasgow to the Board of Police 3 items Report by W T Gairdner. Includes table showing comparative view of deaths from fever in Glasgow and eight other principal towns during 1863 and first six months of 1864; table showing number of deaths from principal epidemc diseases in Glasgow in same period; and abstract of the number of houses measured and ticketed under 1862 Police Act. 3 copies. Report on the Health of Glasgow for the first quarter of 1869 with special reference to the unusually high Rate of Mortality in March items Presented to the Board of Police by the Medical Officer. Report by W T Gairdner. Contains statistics on deaths by age and disease and comparative statistics with other towns. After a general statement gives specific comments on Northern, Central, Western, Eastern and Southern districts. 3 copies. Sanitary Department Glasgow - Annual Report on the Health of the City for the year 1871 by W T Gairdner and on the Operations of the Sanitary Department for the year ending 30th April 1872 by Kenneth Macleod Presented to the Health Committee. Includes table of cases of fever for each month ; percentage of deaths from smallpox in eight principal towns 1871; tables of death rates per 1000 for different districts and diseases and for all ages and children under five. The Sanitary Inspector's report is divided into nuisance inspection; lodging house inspection; epidemic inspection; visits by health visitors; food adulteration; workshops inspection; bakehouses inspection; and administration of hospital applications, interments etc. At the rear are 13 tables of statistics for the medical officer of health including: return of deaths from all causes; returns of certain specified diseasesat four periods of life by registration district; number of deaths from fever and smallpox; number of deaths from consumption; number of deaths from scarlet fever, measles and whooping cough; number of deaths from zymotic diseases; number of deaths from nervous diseases; table showing compostion of every 1000 deaths; table comparing number of deaths from certain disease to total deaths; and localities specially infected by fever. There are also 8 tables for the Sanitary Inspector giving statistics for each sphere of operation. Insert at the rear of handwritten notes on the division into districts in different reports. Sub-Series Bound volumes of Annual Reports and Census Reports of the City of Glasgow Medical Officer of Health 4 volumes The first three volumes (D-HE/1/1/6/1-3) were bound as a set and include items not in the individual reports in the rest of the series. D-HE/1/1/6/4 includes a census report. For other census reports see D-HE/1/5/22. Aug 1864 May

7 D-HE/1/1/6/1 Annual Reports of Medical Officer of Health Glasgow Annual reports 1898, 1899 and 1900 and Content includes sections on population; marriages; births; deaths by disease; uninhabitable houses; offensive trades; reception houses; rabies; natural increase and increase by excess of immigration over emigration; uncertified deaths; meteorology; plague; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Bacteriological Department; bakehouses; instructions of Local Government Board as to Medical Officers' Reports; death rates at various periods; relation of sanitary districts to municipal wards; mortality in houses of various sizes; and deaths in friendly societies. D-HE/1/1/6/2 Annual Reports of Medical Officer of Health Glasgow Annual reports 1902, 1903 and Content includes sections on: general account of sanitary condition of city; conservancy methods in relation to insanitary conditions - street and court washing; population; marriages; births; comparative movement in marriage, birth and death rates ; deaths by disease; uncertified deaths; deaths in friendly societies; meteorology; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; rabies; anthrax; Bacteriological Department; Hospitals and reception houses; uninhabitable houses; Dean of Guild Court Linings ; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act; bakehouses; summary of birth and death rates during 1903; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases; smallpox - history of outbreak; diphtheria; enteric fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; diseases of organs of respiration; puerperal fever; erysipelas; glanders; removal by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; summary of statistical features of year; food enquiry; infants' milk depot; Glasgow Day Nurseries; smallpox - report of outbreak; interments in closed burying grounds; housing accommodation of the labouring classes and proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; and houses let in lodgings report includes fold-out map of the old sanitary districts with the wards superimposed. Annotated and with inserted pages not included in the loose reports: notes on the the impact of the closure of Leicester Fever Hospital on scarlet fever cases (p70); typed notes on houses closed and rendered legal by removal of back lands under Glasgow Police Amndment Act 189 (p104); and rough notes on Gallowgate backlands (p122). Envelope attached to rear cover containing a list of tenements represented for which proceedings were still pending. D-HE/1/1/6/3 Annual Reports of Medical Officer of Health Glasgow Annual reports 1905 and Content includes sections on: meteorological observations; summary of statistical features of year; population; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases;

8 D-HE/1/1/6/4 D-HE/1/1/7 D-HE/1/1/8 smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; memorandum on results of enquiry into certain cases of phthisis 1905; respiratory diseases including croup; cholera; puerperal fever; erysipelas; uncertified deaths; insurance of lives in in friendly societies; food poisoning; rabies; anthrax; glanders; Bacteriological Laboratory; meat inspection; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Hospitals and reception houses; removal by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight; Port Local Authority; housing accommodation of the labouring classes and proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; bakehouses; infants' milk depot; and insanitary areas. Annotated and with inserted pages not included in the loose items: notes on diphtheria (p64); statement of restuls of representations under Housing of the Working Classes Act as at 31st December 1906 (p162); request of clarification to Medical officer of Health, Huddersfield on his figures for the reduction in infant mortality (P34); notes on figures for measles cases and number of empty wards at Ruchill (p98); handwritten tables on tuberculosis cases (p100). Envelope attached to the rear cover with question from Councilllor Jamieson on the deaths due to the consumption of sterilised milk and the Medical Officer of Health's reply. Medical Officers Annual and Census Reports 1898 to Sanitary Office, Glasgow Annual reports 1898, 1899 and 1900 and Content includes sections on population; marriages; births; deaths by disease; uninhabitable houses; offensive trades; reception houses; rabies; natural increase and increase by excess of immigration over emigration; uncertified deaths; meteorology; plague; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Bacteriological Department; bakehouses; instructions of Local Government Board as to Medical Officers' Reports; death rates at various periods; relation of sanitary districts to municipal wards; mortality in houses of various sizes; and deaths in friendly societies. Census Report on Glasgow Its Sanitary Districts and Municipal Wards by A K Chalmers. The report contains sections on population; housing including a comparison with other towns and overcrowding; sanitary divisions of the city; formula for calculating the annual increase ; and the question of subdividing the municipal wards as a substitute for the present sanitary districts. Glasgow Corporation Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1898 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on population; marriages; births; deaths by disease; uninhabitable houses; offensive trades; reception houses; and rabies. Glasgow Corporation Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1899 and

9 D-HE/1/1/9 D-HE/1/1/10 D-HE/1/1/11 D-HE/1/1/12 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on population; marriages; births; natural increase and increase by excess of immigration over emigration; deaths by disease; uncertified deaths; meteorology; plague; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Bacteriological Department; uninhabitable and underground houses; offensive trades; bakehouses; rabies; and reception houses. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow volumes Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on instructions of Local Government Board as to Medical Officers' Reports; death rates at various periods; relation of sanitary districts to municipal wards; mortality in houses of various sizes; population; marriages; births; deaths by disease; uncertified deaths; deaths in friendly societies; meteorology; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Bacteriological Department; uninhabitable houses; illegal houses; offensive trades; bakehouses; rabies; and reception houses. 2 copies. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1902 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on general account of sanitary condition of city; conservancy methods in relation to insanitary conditions - street and court washing; population; marriages; births; comparative movement in marriage, birth and death rates ; deaths by disease; uncertified deaths; deaths in friendly societies; meteorology; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; rabies; anthrax; Bacteriological Department; Hospitals and reception houses; uninhabitable houses; Dean of Guild Court Linings ; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act; and bakehouses. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1903 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of birth and death rates during 1903; population; marriages; births; deaths by disease; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases; smallpox - history of outbreak; diphtheria; enteric fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; diseases of organs of respiration; puerperal fever; erysipelas; uncertified deaths; deaths in friendly societies; meteorology; rabies; anthrax; glanders; Hospitals and reception houses; removal by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Bacteriological Laboratory; offensive trades; uninhabitable houses; Port Local Authority; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; and underground bakehouses. Includes map at the front of the report showing old sanitary districts and wards. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow

10 D-HE/1/1/13 D-HE/1/1/14 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of statistical features of year; meteorological observations; food enquiry; population; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infants' milk depot; Glasgow Day Nurseries; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases; smallpox - report of outbreak; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases; puerperal fever; erysipelas; uncertified deaths; insurance of lives in in friendly societies; rabies; anthrax; Bacteriological Laboratory; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Hospitals and reception houses; removal by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight; uninhabitable houses; housing accommodation of the labouring classes and proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; Port Local Authority; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; and underground bakehouses. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1905 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on meteorological observations; summary of statistical features of year; population; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; memorandum on results of enquiry into certain cases of phthisis 1905; respiratory diseases including croup; cholera; puerperal fever; erysipelas; uncertified deaths; insurance of lives in in friendly societies; food poisoning; rabies; anthrax; glanders; Bacteriological Laboratory; meat inspection; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Hospitals and reception houses; removal by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight; Port Local Authority; housing accommodation of the labouring classes and proceedings under the Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; and bakehouses. Original Public Health Department Library reference F1. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1906 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of statistical features of year; meteorological observations; population; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infants' milk depot; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebro-spinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases including croup; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; uncertified deaths; rabies; anthrax; Bacteriological Laboratory; Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order 1899; Hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local

11 D-HE/1/1/15 D-HE/1/1/16 D-HE/1/1/17 Authority; Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; insanitary areas; offensive trades; and Factory and Workshop Act Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1907 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of statistical features of year; meteorological observations; population; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infants' milk depot; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebro-spinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases including croup; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; plague; uncertified deaths; rabies; anthrax; Bacteriological Laboratory; boneless meat; Hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; and Factory and Workshop Act Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1908 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of vital statistics of year; population; meteorological observations; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infants' milk depot; infectious diseases; principal zymotic diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebro-spinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; certification of deaths; insurance of lives in friendly societies; rabies; anthrax; glanders; ptomaine poisoning; Bacteriological Laboratory; hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; and Factory and Workshop Act Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1909 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of vital statistics of year; population; unoccupied houses; linings granted by Dean of Guild; acreage; temperature and rainfall; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebrospinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; certification of deaths; rabies; anthrax; glanders; ptomaine poisoning; gas poisoning; Bacteriological Laboratory; hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease;

12 D-HE/1/1/18 D-HE/1/1/19 D-HE/1/1/20 interments in closed intra-mural burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; Glasgow Police Amendment Act 1890; Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; and Factory and Workshop Act Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1910 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of vital statistics of year; population; unoccupied houses; linings granted by Dean of Guild; acreage; temperature and rainfall; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebrospinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; certification of deaths; rabies; anthrax; glanders; ptomaine poisoning; Bacteriological Laboratory; hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed intra-mural burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; Glasgow Police Amendment Act 1890; Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; and registration of hairdressers. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow 1911 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on summary of vital statistics of year; population; unoccupied houses; linings granted by Dean of Guild; acreage; temperature and rainfall; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebrospinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases - with analysis of home conditions and the impact of compulsory notification; respiratory diseases; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; certification of deaths; rabies; anthrax; glanders; ptomaine poisoning; Bacteriological Laboratory; hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed intra-mural burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; Glasgow Police Amendment Act 1890; Housing of the Working Classes Act; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; and registration of hairdressers. Original Public Health Department Library reference F1. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow and the added burghal areas 1912 Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on parishes; registration districts; areas added to city; summary of vital statistics of year; population; unoccupied houses; linings granted by Dean of Guild; acreage; temperature and rainfall; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; infectious diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebro-spinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet

13 fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; certification of deaths; rabies; anthrax; glanders; ptomaine poisoning; Bacteriological Laboratory; hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed intra-mural burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; Glasgow Police Amendment Act 1890; Housing of the Working Classes Acts; Housing Town Planning etc Act 1909; houses in congested and insanitary areas; certification of lodging houses for exemption from inhabited house duty; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; and registration of hairdressers. D-HE/1/1/21 Glasgow Medical Officer of Health Reports Bound volume of reports for 1913, (for loose copies see D/HE/1/1/22-23), 1920, 1921 and Reports by A K Chalmers sections on summary of vital statistics of year; population; unoccupied houses; linings granted by Dean of Guild; acreage; temperature and rainfall; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; treatment of venereal disease; infectious diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebrospinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases; pneumonia; puerperal fever; erysipelas; certification of deaths; rabies; anthrax; glanders; Bacteriological Laboratory; hospitals and reception houses; removals by public conveyance of bodies of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed intra-mural burying grounds; Fresh-Air Fortnight Scheme; Port Local Authority; Glasgow Police Amendment Act 1890; Housing of the Working Classes Acts; Housing Town Planning etc Act 1909; certification of lodging houses for exemption from inhabited house duty; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; offensive trades; Factory and Workshop Act 1901; and registration of hairdressers (with slight variations) sections on population; vital statistics on births, marriages and deaths; maternity and child welfare; infectious disease; tuberculosis; venereal disease; hospitals and wash houses; offensive trades; Port Local Authority; housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; and general sanitation, air purification and operations under Sale of Food and Drugs Act. The 1920 report has a chart of the distribution and co-ordination of Public Health Department staff. The 1921 report photographs of Robroyston Hospital, Cowcaddens Day Nursery, Scotstoun Country Home, Mount Blow Country Home - interior and exterior, lay-out plans of Robrotston Hospital, floor plans and elevations of Knightswood Hospital and lay-out plan of Southfield Sanatorium. D-HE/1/1/22 Glasgow Medical Officer of Health Reports Sections on summary of vital statistics for the year; population; unoccupied houses; limings granted by Dean of Guild Court; acreage; temperature and rainfall; marriages; births; deaths; infantile mortality; treatment of venereal disease; infectious diseases; smallpox; diphtheria and membranous croup; enteric fever; cerebro-spinal fever; typhus fever; scarlet fever; measles; whooping cough; diarrhoeal diseases; tuberculous diseases; respiratory diseases; pneumonia; erysipelas; puerperal fever; certification of deaths; rabies; glanders; anthrax; bacteriological laboratory; hospitals and reception houses; removals by

14 D-HE/1/1/23 public conveyance of persons dead of infectious disease; interments in closed intramural burying-grounds; fresh-air fortnight scheme; Port Local Authority; Glasgow Police Amendment Act 1909; Housing of the Working Classes Acts; Housing Town Planning etc Act 1909; certification of lodging-houses for exemption from inhabited house duty; farmed-out houses; houses let in lodgings; and offensive trades. Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of Glasgow Report by A K Chalmers. Sections on population; vital statistics on births, marriages and deaths; maternity and child welfare; infectious disease; tuberculosis; venereal disease; hospitals and wash houses; offensive trades; Port Local Authority; housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; and general sanitation, air purification and operations under Sale of Food and Drugs Act. Inscribed 'Councillor R Norrie[?]' D-HE/1/1/24 [Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health 1923] Wanting D-HE/1/1/25 [Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health 1924] 1924 Report by A S M MacGregor. Sections on: population; vital statistics; maternity and child welfare; infectious diseases; respiratory diseases; venereal diseases; hospitals and wash-houses; offensive trades; work of Port Local Authority; housing; bacteriological laboratory; and general sanitation. Includes photograph of Knightswood Hospital and plan of Bridgeton Child Welfare Clinic. D-HE/1/1/26 [Glasgow Corporation Report of the Medical Officer of Health 1925] 1925 Report by A S M MacGregor. Sections on: population; vital statistics; maternity and child welfare; infectious diseases; respiratory diseases; venereal diseases; hospitals and wash-houses; offensive trades; work of Port Local Authority; housing; bacteriological laboratory; and general sanitation. Includes photographs of Bridgeton Child Welfare Clinic and Maryhill Child Welfare Clinic. D-HE/1/1/27 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Report by A S M MacGregor. Part I - sections titled: Extension of City Boundary; Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases; Venereal Disease; Hospitals and Disinfecting Stations; Offensive Trades; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; and General Sanitation. Photographs and plans of Parliamentary Road before and after clearance. Part II - annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; and Bellefield

15 Sanatorium. Includes map of extensions to city boundary since 1900; floor plan and photograph of West Govan Child Welfare Clinic; and lay-out plans and photographs of the Parliamentary Road Improvement Scheme. D-HE/1/1/28 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Report by A S M MacGregor. Part I - sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases; Venereal Disease; Hospitals and Disinfecting Stations; Offensive Trades; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; and General Sanitation. Photographs and plans of Shettleston and Tollcross Child Welfare Centre; photographs of Bogton marsh, Muirend before and after drainage; plan of Venereal Disease Clinic, Black Street; and photographs of fruit fungi. Part II - annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; and Bellefield Sanatorium. D-HE/1/1/29 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Report by A S M MacGregor. Part I - sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases; Venereal Disease; Hospitals and Disinfecting Stations; Offensive Trades; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; and General Sanitation. Plans of Anderston Child Welfare Centre and Observation Ward at Belvidere Hospital. Part II - annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; and Bellefield Sanatorium. D-HE/1/1/30 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Report by A S M MacGregor. Part I - sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Hospitals and Disinfecting Stations; Offensive Trades; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; and General Sanitation. Part II - annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; and Bellefield Sanatorium. D-HE/1/1/31 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Includes chart of the reorganisation of Public Health. Part II - Hospital Accommodation including annual Reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; and Bellefield Sanatorium. Part III - Outdoor

16 Medical Services including annual reports of general hospitals. Part IV - annual reports of mental hospitals: Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee, Stoneyetts Certified Institution and Blinkbonny Institution. Includes photographs of the lifecycle of the bed bug. D-HE/1/1/32 Report of Medical Officer of Health City of Glasgow Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Part II - Hospital Accommodation including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. Includes chart of air pollution in relation to meteorological conditions. D-HE/1/1/33 Report of Medical Officer of Health City of Glasgow Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Part II - Hospital Accommodation including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. Includes chart of patients admitted to Stobhill Hospital D-HE/1/1/34 Report of Medical Officer of Health City of Glasgow Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Part II - Hospital Accommodation including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospital including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. Includes diagram showing units of ultra-violet rays and hours of bright sunshine recorded in Glasgow

17 D-HE/1/1/35 Report of Medical Officer of Health City of Glasgow Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Includes floor plans of Provan School and Child Welfare Clinic. Part II - Fever and Tuberculosis Hospitals including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. D-HE/1/1/36 Report of Medical Officer of Health City of Glasgow Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Includes photograph of Provan Child Welfare Clinic and chart showing increase of admissions to mental observation ward in Stobhill Hospital. Part II - Fever and Tuberculosis Hospitals including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. D-HE/1/1/37 Report of Medical Officer of Health City of Glasgow Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Includes photograph and ground floor plan of Marion Reid Home for Children; plan of Bridgeton Outdoor Medical Service Clinic, Redan Street; and lay-out plan of Hickman-Morgan Park next to Stobhill Hospital. Part II - Fever and Tuberculosis Hospitals including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. D-HE/1/1/38 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health

18 Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases and Tuberculosis; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Includes photograph and floor plans of Gorbals Clinic, Florence Street. Part II - Fever and Tuberculosis Hospitals including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. D-HE/1/1/39 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Report by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Vital Statistics; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases; Venereal Disease; Work of Port Local Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Includes map of extensions to the city boundary. Part II - Fever and Tuberculosis Hospitals including annual reports of Belvidere Fever Hospital; Ruchill Fever and Tuberculosis Hospital; Knightswood Hospital; Shieldhall Hospital; Robroyston Hospital; Bellefield Sanatorium; and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals including annual reports of Hawkhead, Gartloch, Woodilee and Certified Institutions. D-HE/1/1/40 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Three reports bound together in one volume. Reports by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious and Other Diseases including respiratory and venereal diseases; Work of Port Health Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Operations. Part II - Fever and Tuberculosis Hospitals including annual reports of Robroyston Hospital and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Hospitals. D-HE/1/1/41 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health Two reports bound together in one volume. Reports by A S M MacGregor. Part 1 sections titled: Population; Maternity and Child Welfare; Infectious and Other Diseases including respiratory and venereal diseases; Work of Port Health Authority; Housing; Bacteriological Laboratory; Food; Air Purification; and General Sanitary Administration. Part II - Fever and Tuberculosis Hospitals including annual reports of Robroyston Hospital and Mearnskirk Hospital. Part III - General Hospitals and Outdoor Medical Services. Part IV - Mental Services. D-HE/1/1/42 [City of Glasgow] Report of Medical Officer of Health