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Records of Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance Subseries
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Indoor Registers (1914-1948)

Indoor Registers (1914-1948)

Volumes recording details of residents admitted to the county home, the first of which dating from 1914, predates the establishment of the county home in 1921 and can therefore also be viewed as the last workhouse register for Tullamore Workhouse.

Data collected in this unbroken run of registers (Form 29) varied slightly from volume to volume but generally contained the following:

Admission number (and previous admission number if any)

Date of admission or birth

Name of inmate

Age, Sex

Description (Married, Single, etc.) or 'If adult whether single, married, widow or widower; if child, whether orphan, deserted, illegitimate or legitimate'

Religious denomination

Residence prior to admission

Name and address of nearest relative and description of relationship

Observations on condition of inmates when registered.

Employment or Calling

Number of dependents

Disease or other cause rendering admission necessary

Who gave recommendation for admission

Date of discharge or death

Indoor Admission and Discharge Books (1939-1954)

Indoor Admission and Discharge Books (1939-1954)

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

Admission and Discharge Books (1932-42)

Admission and Discharge Books (1932-42)

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.

Attendance Registers (1935-41)

Volumes recording individuals entering or leaving the county hospital premises, mainly of medical and clerical staff arriving and leaving work, and of deliveries of various supplies to the hospital. Details recorded include:

Name

Business,

Time of entering

Time going out

Time returning

Indoor Registers (1935-1948)

Volumes recording details of patients admitted to the County Hospital. Data recorded in each volume varies slightly but mainly includes:

Admission Number

Previous Number if any

Date of admission or birth

Name of inmate

Age/Sex

Description (Married, Single, etc.) or 'If adult whether single, married, widow or widower; if child, whether orphan, deserted, illegitimate or legitimate'

Religious Denomination,

Residence immediately prior to admission

Name and address of nearest relative and degree of relationship

Employment or Calling

No of dependents

Disease or other cause rendering admission necessary

Who gave recommendation for admission

Date of discharge or death.

Abstracts of Accounts (1922-42)

Half yearly series of accounts, with many gaps, for Offaly County Board of Health, incorporating Forms 49a, 49b and 50.

Form 49a contains revenue accounts describing the various charges on the County Council; average weekly costs; loan, receipt and expenditure account (including the cost for 'orphans and deserted children boarded-out'); loan accounts of the county board of health for the half-year; and a statement of balances at the close of the half-year.

Form 49b records the number and classification of persons assisted during the half year in terms of those admitted to the county home or hospitals, those receiving home assistance; persons with disabilities; and persons sent to extern hospitals.

Form 50 records the the names and salaries of the several officers, names and superannuation allowances of retired officers; names of intern officers (such as the Superintendent, assistant matron, nurses, cook, ambulance driver etc.), names of extern officers (such as the Chaplains, the Surgeon, the Medical Officer of Health, medical officers of the dispensary districts, dispensary midwives), and those working in the district hospitals.

Abstracts of Accounts and Secretary's Half-Yearly Statements (1926-42)

Half-yearly abstracts of accounts and secretary's statements incorporating Forms 32 and 33.

Form 32 comprises a revenue account and records charges and discharges in the various health districts across the county; details of receipts and expenditure; expenditure under tuberculosis acts; expenditure under labourers acts; loans receipts and expenditure account; a capital indebtedness account; and a statement of balances at the close of the half year.

Form 33 records the Secretary's statement in the form of a statement of cash assets and liabilities; a statement of insurances; names and salaries of officers who are required to give security; and a list of other officers, their posts and salaries.

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