Item 1 - Medical Officer's Prescription Book (1919-1922)

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IE OCL OBHPA/6/4/1

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Medical Officer's Prescription Book (1919-1922)

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  • 1919-1922 (Creation)

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c.400pp

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Offaly County Council
(1898 - present)

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Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance
(1924-42)

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Offaly County Library

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Doctor's notes and prescriptions for patients in the county hospital. Some scant references to birth of children in the hospital, deaths and discharges, and Dr Moorhead's recommendations for certain patients. Also records the handing over of the surgical wards to Dr Meagher formerly of the King's County Infirmary, which closed in 1921, during 'Amalgamation'.

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      Published catalogue 'Grand Jury Rooms to Áras an Chontae' (2003)

      OBH50/14/9

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