County Galway Board of Health & Public Assistance (Galway County Council)
TeidealCounty Galway Board of Health & Public Assistance (Galway County Council)
StórGalway County Council Archives Services
TagairtGC5/
Dáta1921 - 1949
Dáta táirgthe 1921 - 1963
Scóp agus Inneachar
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.
Fairsinge42 items
TeangaEnglish
Stair ChartlainneMost volumes were acquired from County Library Services when the Archive service was established in 2000.
Several were acquired in 2010 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.
Several were acquired in 2010 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.
ÁbharBurial Grounds, Health services, Children in care, Water supply, Vaccination, Workhouses, Social housing, Sewage disposal, Public Lighting, Poor relief
NótaíRestricited access conditions apply. Records less than 100 years old are Restricted Access.
Coinníollacha a rialaíonn atáirgeadhNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.
Leibhéalsub-fonds
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