Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1925-1942 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
26 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Chronological arrangement. Specific points of interest pertaining to each volume may be highlighted in their individual volume descriptions, the series description above relating to issues which arise in all volumes.