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Minutes of the Tuberculosis Committee (1921-1935)

Minutes of the Tuberculosis Committee (1921-1935)

Minutes of the Offaly Board of Health in relation to obligations under the Tuberculosis Acts, initially held under the auspices of the Hospital and Dispensaries Committee from 10 March 1921. From October 1925 to July 1928, Commissioner for Offaly, David O'Keefe, chaired the committee, now known as the Offaly Board of Health Tuberculosis Committee. On the departure of Commissioner O'Keefe, the committee reverted to the chairmanship of members of the county council presiding in rotation.

All meetings from inception in 1921 attended by the Tuberculosis Medical Officer (TMO). Minutes record patients recommended for institutional, sanitorium or dispensary treatment, and contains extensive lists of patients' names, addresses and type of treatment, and what level of financial assistance is required for each patient. Also contains some in-depth reports on individual cases, including patients who refuse sanitorium treatment. Includes statistical reports from the TMO reporting number of cases attending at dispensaries; number of new cases; number of deaths reported; number of patients visited at home by TMO; number of visits by the Birr nurse; the number in Birr T.B. Hospital; the number in County Hospital (Tullamore); and the number of patients in extern hospitals such as Newcastle and Peamount. Includes reports from the hospitals, both in Offaly and extern hospitals such as Peamount, Newcastle, Mercer's, Coole, Royal National Hospital for Consumption, City of Dublin Hospital, and Cappagh Children's Hospital.

Initial years of minutes (1921-1923) reflect the transitional period following 'Amalgamation' when tubercular patients previously resident in the various poor law union workhouses, were now centralised with 'chronic' destitute cases residing in the Tuberculosis Hospital in Birr, at a significant cost to the Tuberculosis Committee. Minutes also contain administrative reports for the hospitals in relation to employment of personnel and maintenance of buildings; claims to British Ministry of Pensions in respect of treatment of ex-British Army service men and their dependents; and decisions in relation to the transfer of the T.B. Hospital from Birr to Roscrea Sanitorium, and the subsequent closure of the T.B. hospital at Birr (1931).

Insurance Committee Register of Cases for Sanitorium Treatment (1912-1919)

Sequentially recorded cases from 1 to 487, with alphabetical surname index at front of volume. Case profiles record name and address of patient; name of medical attendant; approved insurance society; recommendation of the T.B. officer as to whether domiciliary, dispensary or sanatorium treatment is required; the nature of the treatment decided by the insurance committee; date of treatment, admission and discharge; and payments to medical doctors. Cases profiles are annotated if patient has died.

Indoor Register of St. Vincent's T.B. Hospital (1949-1957)

Volume of admissions and discharges to St. Vincent's T.B. Hospital, Tullamore, indexed alphabetically by surname. Admission details recorded include the date of admission; name and address of patient; age, sex, religion and marital status of patient; occupation (listed in the 'If born in hospital, name of mother' column); name and address of nearest relative; the amount of days in any given month spent in the hospital; and the date of discharge. Discharge columns also record if death occured during hospital treatment.

Register of Sanitorium Treatment Vol 2 (1917-1922)

Sequentially recorded cases from 485 to 923, not indexed by surname. Case profiles record the name and address of patient; name of the medical attendant; insurance details; recommendation of the T. B. Officer; the nature and duration of treatment; dates of admission and discharge; payments by King's County Council to medical doctors. Annotated with ages and dates of death during treatment.

Register of Sanitorium Treatment Vol 3 (1923-1926)

Sequentially recorded cases from 924 to 2060, indexed by surname. Case profiles record the name and address of patient; name of the medical attendant; insurance details; recommendation of the T. B. Officer; the nature and duration of treatment; dates of admission and discharge; payments by Offaly County Council to medical doctors. Annotated with ages and dates of death during treatment.

Register of Sanitorium Treatment Vol 1 (1912-1917)

Sequentially recorded cases from 1 to 484, not indexed by surname. Case profiles record the name and address of patient; name of the medical attendant; insurance details; recommendation of the T. B. Officer; the nature and duration of treatment; dates of admission and discharge; payments by King's County Council to medical doctors. Annotated with ages and dates of death during treatment.

Minute Book (1922)

Contains reports outlining the transition of Tullamore Workhouse into a county home. Also contains reports from sub-committees representing the other poor law unions (Edenderry and Birr) concerning the winding up of operations in those workhouses and the transfer of functions to Tullamore.

Significant redeployment of personnel is recorded such as hospital staff from the newly closed County Infirmary, and compensation claims from employees whose posts were defunct such as Clerk of the Union were also dealt with by the committee. Records decisions in relation to medical personnel based at various dispensaries throughout the county, and proposals relating to the treatment of TB patients. Also contains reports of new tenders granted for the supply of goods to the county home and some letters of protest about contracts being awarded to new suppliers in ' a ringing of the changes in certain interests.' (see p55, letter to the committee re Contract for the Supply of Bread, 28 October 1921.'

Includes regular matron's reports from the county home and hospital with medical details of patients. Also includes a report by the Visiting Committee (James O'Connor, Teresa Wyer and Mary K. Dunne) on the state of the county home following Amalgamation (p16, 23 July 1922).

Contains details of 'boarded-out' children such as their names and ages, and the names and addresses of their foster parents.

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