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Minutes of the proceedings of the Offaly Board of Health acting as the Sanitary Authority, recording executive decisions on matters of public health such as installation of sewerage schemes; installation of water pumps; condition of housing; registration of dairymen; reports of infectious diseases such as diphtheria, tuberculosis etc; vaccination defaulters; and other matters formerly overseen by rural district councils. Also includes reports from the medical officers of health in each district.

Several subseries of registers of admissions and discharges to the county hospital for the period 1932-1948, and also includes medical reports and prescriptions from the period 1919-1950.

A large and varied series of account books and financial statements, broadly reflecting the financial management of the Board of Health for the period 1922-1965. Includes abstracts of accounts, auditors statements, inventories of stock, travel expenses, and other records of daily cash transactions.

Several subseries of registers recording the admission and discharge of individuals to the county home in the period 1914-1957. The earliest register in this series was opened in 1914, and can also be viewed as the last register for the Tullamore Workhouse, which closed in 1921.

Volumes recording details for 'Form 33', Indoor Assistance Lists. Columns and sub-columns record the following data:

Adults: Married Couples (Males/Females); Other Males, Other Females

Children under 15: Of Parents Being Inmates (Legitimate/Illegitimate); Orphans or other children relieved without their parents

Lunatics, Insane Persons and Idiots: Males, Females, Children under 15

No in register

Name of Inmate

Age

Number of days in house each month (for 6 months)

Total (for half-year)

Volumes recording details for 'Form 32', Indoor Admission and Discharge Lists. Data recorded includes the following:

ADMISSIONS
Date of admission or birth

Name

Register No.

Weak and Infirm (M/F)

Aged and Infirm (M/F)

Children (3-8 years; 2-3 years; 1-2 years; infants under 1 year)

If born in the institution, name of mother

DISCHARGES
Date of discharge or death

Name

Register No.

Weak and Infirm (M/F)

Aged and Infirm (M/F)

Children (3-8 years; 2-3 years; 1-2 years; infants under 1 year)

Insert the word 'DIED' in case of death in Institution

Volumes recording admissions and discharges to the county hospital. Details recorded include:

Name of patient

Residence

Occupation

Disease

Remarks

Age

Recommended by

Date of admission/discharge

Insurance details.

Volumes often enclose loose correspondence and reports on individual patients' treatment at external hospitals.

Artificially created sub-series of disassociated volumes relating to medical prescriptions and dietary schedules for patients admitted to the County Hospital.

Registers, slightly overlapping between the years 1932 and 1943, of deaths recorded as having taken place in the workhouse (1913-1921), the county home (1922-1947), and the hospitals (1932-1943) under the care of firstly Tullamore Poor Law Union and immediately succeeded by Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance.