Volumes recording admissions and discharges to the county hospital. Details recorded include:
Name of patient
Residence
Occupation
Disease
Remarks
Age
Recommended by
Date of admission/discharge
Insurance details.
Volumes often enclose loose correspondence and reports on individual patients' treatment at external hospitals.
Volumes recording individuals entering or leaving the county hospital premises, mainly of medical and clerical staff arriving and leaving work, and of deliveries of various supplies to the hospital. Details recorded include:
Name
Business,
Time of entering
Time going out
Time returning
Volumes recording details of patients admitted to the County Hospital. Data recorded in each volume varies slightly but mainly includes:
Admission Number
Previous Number if any
Date of admission or birth
Name of inmate
Age/Sex
Description (Married, Single, etc.) or 'If adult whether single, married, widow or widower; if child, whether orphan, deserted, illegitimate or legitimate'
Religious Denomination,
Residence immediately prior to admission
Name and address of nearest relative and degree of relationship
Employment or Calling
No of dependents
Disease or other cause rendering admission necessary
Who gave recommendation for admission
Date of discharge or death.
Register recording patients names and the articles of food or stimulants allowed on a daily basis during admission in the hospital. The pre-printed template stipulates that 'All entries must be written by the Medical Officer himself.' The MO certifies by signing a declaration on each page. The items specified include: Beef, Bread, Butter, Eggs, Milk, Mutton chops, Tea, Sugar, Rice, Potatoes. The columns recording stimulants such as Brandy, Porter, Whiskey, Wine etc are repurposed for food articles such as Jam, Fish, Cocoa, and Chicken.
Series of annual reports with many gaps, compiled by the County Medical Officer of Health. The first extant report from 1929 focuses mainly on statistics gathered from inspections of the the national schools in the county. Topics covered include dental health, ophthalmic clinics, tonsil and adenoid operations, enlarged cervical glands, 'mental defectives', tuberculosis, malnutrition, vaccination, skin diseases, defective speech, rheumatism, deformities, open-air education, co-operation of parents, sanitation and environment of schools,
Later annual reports refer to the health and sanitary conditions in the county as a whole while also incorporating the school medical service report. This broadened report contains general statistics of the county, vital statistics, water and sewage reports, housing, lists of midwives, notification of births, notifications of infectious disease, diptheria immunisation, sanitary administration, food and drug samples, venereal disease scheme, school meals free milk scheme, welfare of the blind, district nursing associations, meat and milk inspections, bovine T. B. and the annual report of the clinical tuberculosis officer.