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Gníomhartha	Galway Hospital, Board of Management Minutes, 1920-1922 Remove from selection Add to selection TeidealGalway Hospital, Board of Management Minutes, 1920-1922 StórGalway County Council Archives Services TagairtGH1/12 Dáta5 Oct 1920 to 5 Mar 1922 Dáta táirgthe 1920-09-05 - 1922-03-05 Scóp agus Inneachar Includes:- Letter from the 1^st L. Battalion Adjutant ‘Acknowledging receipt of the resolution passed by the Board of Management thanking the Volunteers for the way they kept order during Race Week, also stating the Volunteers only did this duty as the Competent Military Authority of the Irish Republic’ (4^th September 1920). Report of the Visiting Committee stating ‘…I. Having inspected the Hospital we have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely necessary to have practically the whole interior, thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned. The house shows that it has been sadly neglected for a long period, and much attention has not been paid to wear and tear. If in any way funds could be raised the walls urgently required colour washing….. III. We recommend that electric light be installed with the exception of where gas is necessary for surgical purposes. … V. The Sanitary arrangements are in a must undesirable condition….(4 September 1920) Correspondence from Dr O’Farrell ‘Mountjoy Prison, requesting Clerk of Hospital to thank members of Board of Management for having elected him as House Surgeon to the Hospital, also stating he was unable to state when he could take up duty’ (15 December 1920). Correspondence from ‘J Gallagher Acting Clerk of Unions of Galway, requesting to have several vacant beds provided in the Hospital, for such patients as he may require to send to the Hospital’ (21 December 1921). Includes inserted loose material relating to the proposed appointment of Dr. O’Farrell as House Surgeon, who in 1920 was granted the post though being at that time ‘in Mountjoy Prison having an enforced holiday’ (11 November 1920) and telegrams and minute noting that ‘Clerk stated he requested Dr O’Farrell to re-apply at Saturday meeting but had upon this wire on Saturday from Dr O’Farrell saying withdraw application’ (21 December 1921). Fairsingec. 450pp Eochairfhocail an duineGalway Hospital NótaíAvailable on microfilm by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. 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. Tagairt DhigiteachAvailable online at Access URL Here LeibhéalItem GH1/ Galway Hospital, 1892-1922 1892 - 1922fonds 6 GH1/1-12 Galway Hospital, Board of Management Minutes, 1892-1922 1892 - 1922series 9 GH1/12 Galway Hospital, Board of Management Minutes, 1920-1922 5 Oct 1920 to 5 Mar 1922Item

TeidealGalway Hospital, Board of Management Minutes, 1920-1922

StórGalway County Council Archives Services

TagairtGH1/12

Dáta5 Oct 1920 to 5 Mar 1922

Dáta táirgthe 1920-09-05 - 1922-03-05

Scóp agus Inneachar

Includes:-

Letter from the 1^st L. Battalion Adjutant ‘Acknowledging receipt of the resolution passed by the Board of Management thanking the Volunteers for the way they kept order during Race Week, also stating the Volunteers only did this duty as the Competent Military Authority of the Irish Republic’ (4^th September 1920).

Report of the Visiting Committee stating
‘…I.   Having inspected the Hospital we have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely necessary to have practically the whole interior, thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned. The house shows that it has been sadly neglected for a long period, and much attention has not been paid to wear and tear. If in any way funds could be raised the walls urgently required colour washing…..
III.   We recommend that electric light be installed with the exception of where gas is necessary for surgical purposes. …
V.    The Sanitary arrangements are in a must undesirable condition….(4 September 1920)

Correspondence from Dr O’Farrell ‘Mountjoy Prison, requesting Clerk of Hospital to thank members of Board of Management for having elected him as House Surgeon to the Hospital, also stating he was unable to state when he could take up duty’ (15 December 1920).
Correspondence from ‘J Gallagher Acting Clerk of Unions of Galway, requesting to have several vacant beds provided in the Hospital, for such patients as he may require to send to the Hospital’ (21 December 1921).

Includes inserted loose material relating to the proposed appointment of Dr. O’Farrell as House Surgeon, who in 1920 was granted the post though being at that time ‘in Mountjoy Prison having an enforced holiday’ (11 November 1920) and telegrams and minute noting that ‘Clerk stated he requested Dr O’Farrell to re-apply at Saturday meeting but had upon this wire on Saturday from Dr O’Farrell saying withdraw application’ (21 December 1921).

Fairsingec. 450pp

Eochairfhocail an duineGalway Hospital

NótaíAvailable on microfilm by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

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.

Tagairt DhigiteachAvailable online at Access URL Here

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