County Galway Board of Health & Public Assistance (Galway County Council), with County Medical Officer Annual Reports up to 1963 (with gaps)
TitleCounty Galway Board of Health & Public Assistance (Galway County Council), with County Medical Officer Annual Reports up to 1963 (with gaps)
RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services
ReferenceGC5/
Date1921 - 1963
Production date 1921 - 1963
Scope and Content
This collection consists of volumes of minutes of the Board of Health and Public Assistance (1921-41, with gaps), and also a volume of half Yearly Register of Persons admitted into and discharged from Children's Home or any External Institution (1930-1949). It also includes two volumes of Home Assistance Application and Report Books (1922-1932), Homes and Home Assistance Committee Minutes (1928-1931); an Outdoor Relief List (1922-1931), and some financial records, such as abstract of accounts (two volumes), two files relating to capital accounts, and two volumes of Officers' Returns (1926-40), and Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Reports, 1931-1943, with gaps (GC5/36).
Access conditions apply.
Extent42 items
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyMost volumes were acquired from the County Library Services when the Archive service was established in 2000.
Several volumes of minutes were acquired in 2011 from a retiring member of staff (e.g. volumes for 1932 to 1936, 1939 and 1940).
The bound and printed volumes GC5/30b-c and GC5/33 were transferred from the Local History Section of Galway Public Libraries to the Archives in late 2018.
The Medical Officer’s Annual Reports, 1931-1963, with gaps (GC5/36), were acquired from the HSE Library in Merlin Park, Galway in 2023. and an additional two (1941 & 1955) were acquired from the same source in 2025
Several volumes of minutes were acquired in 2011 from a retiring member of staff (e.g. volumes for 1932 to 1936, 1939 and 1940).
The bound and printed volumes GC5/30b-c and GC5/33 were transferred from the Local History Section of Galway Public Libraries to the Archives in late 2018.
The Medical Officer’s Annual Reports, 1931-1963, with gaps (GC5/36), were acquired from the HSE Library in Merlin Park, Galway in 2023. and an additional two (1941 & 1955) were acquired from the same source in 2025
SubjectBurial Grounds, Health services, Children in care, Water supply, Vaccination, Workhouses, Social housing, Sewage disposal, Public Lighting, Poor relief
Conditions governing accessRestricited access conditions apply. Records less than 100 years old are Restricted Access.
Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.
Levelsub-fonds
Closed until2063