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Sources Guide: Public Health
Personal papers
Societies and Associations
General collections
Wellcome archives
Further information about the materials mentioned below can be found on the Archives and Manuscripts Online Catalogue
In some cases the full detailed catalogues of archive collections are not yet in this online database: hard copy versions are available in the Rare Materials Room of the Library and on request to archs+mss@wellcome.ac.uk
Personal papers
Carlos Paton BLACKER (1895-1975) PP/CPB
Some material relating to social and community aspects of psychiatry and care for the mentally ill, 1940s-60s
Sir (William) Allen DALEY (1887-1969) PP/AWD
Had a long career in public health, eventually becoming Chief Medical Officer of the London County Council, 1939-52: papers include correspondence, writings, involvement with various organisations, reference files, and cover numerous aspects of public health administration, 1920s-60s
Sir Richard DOLL (1912- ) PP/DOL
Wide-ranging papers on epidemiology and its public health orientation, including considerable original material relating to the Spanish Toxic Oil Syndrome, on which Doll prepared a WHO experts report, 1981-91
Sir Charles Lovatt EVANS FRCP,FRS (1884-1964) PP/CLE
One file re advice supplied by him to Colne Valley Water Co over question of pollution, 1952-3
Alexander Stephenson HALL (1904-1995) PP/HAL
Papers relating to his work on tuberculosis and its social impact, and in the British Tuberculosis Association, 1940s-50s
Noel Gordon HARRIS (1897-1963) PP/NGH
Some files relating to Society of Medical Officers of Health and Mental Health Group of the Society, including papers re Joint Liaison Committee with Royal Medico-Psychological Association on Mental Health Legislation, 1957-63
Philip D’Arcy HART (1900-2006) PP/PDH
Material relating to his research in tuberculosis, etc, 1940s-2000s
James Randal HUTCHINSON (c.1880-1955) and William Henry BRADLEY (1898-1975), Medical Officers at the Ministry of Health PP/JRH
51 boxes of files relating to numerous public health questions, 1890s-1950s: detailed subject guide incorporated into list
Tim LANG (b.1948) PP/TLA
Material in the papers of Tim Lang relating to efforts of organisations, institutions, the government and individuals to promote improvements in food production, safety and consumption habits. Includes material on the ‘food scares’ of the 1980s and early 1990s relating to salmonella in eggs, listeria, BSE and food irradiation, the school meals campaigns and meat
standards deregulation
George Cuthbert Mura M'GONIGLE PP/GMG
Personal papers of Medical Officer of Health, Stockton-on-Tees, 1924–39, who was involved in national as well as local debates on public health issues
William F J M THOM, DTM&H PP/WTH
Papers relating to his career in preventive medicine and on various aspects of public health, 1944-70
Sir Graham Selby WILSON MD,DPH,MRCP,FRS (1895-1987) bacteriologist and Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service PP/GSW
Material on bacteriological and epidemiological research relating to questions of public health, 1920s-80s, and on the PHLS (including History) 1950s-70s
Societies and Associations
ASSOCIATION OF AREA MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH 1974-1981 SA/AMO
Successor to the Association of County Medical Officers of Health (q.v.): agendas and notes of meetings, some circulated papers
ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH AND THE COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICERS GROUP OF THE SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH 1902-1974 SA/CMO
Minutes, correspondence, miscellanea and photographs; includes files of Dr G Ramage as its representative on County Councils Association Public Health and Housing/Health and Welfare Committee, 1959-72
ASSOCIATION OF DISTRICT COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS (1975-1982) SA/DCP
Minutes, lists of members, newsletters and subject files, relating to activities of the ADCP from its inception to 1980. Many files relate to the role of the District Community Physician in the post-1974 reorganised NHS, communicable disease control, food hygiene and government plans to reorganise the NHS in 1982
BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SA/BMA
Files of the 'Public Health' Group of the BMA, 1900s-50s; the ‘Medico-Political’ Group was also concerned with public health matters. Material of local relevance as well as on general national level
BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY SA/BRT
Records of predecessor bodies: Society of Superintendents of Tuberculosis Institutions, British Tuberculosis Association, Joint Tuberculosis Council, 1920s-1980s
CAMBERWELL COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM (f.1962) SA/CCA
Minutes, correspondence, annual reports, journal, plus literature and other reference items on alcoholism, 1962-80
EUGENICS SOCIETY (f.1907 as EUGENICS EDUCATION SOCIETY) SA/EUG
Saw itself as presenting an alternative to environmentalist views on public health; files on individuals and organisations active in public health matters, mainly 1920s-50s
Access only with permission of the Galton Institute
PLEASE NOTE: this collection is being digitised and parts of it will be unavailable during the process. Check the schedule for further information
HEALTH VISITORS’ ASSOCIATION Founded 1896 as WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION; renamed WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS’ AND HEALTH VISITORS ASSOCIATION 1915; became WOMEN PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION in 1929; name altered to HEALTH VISITORS’ ASSOCIATION in 1962
SA/HVA
Represented the interests of many different types of (women) health workers active in the field of public health. Papers, 1900s-80s, include annual reports, minutes, general administration material, publications, publicity and ephemera, photographs, records of some other organisations and individual health visitors, and the Association journal
LISTER INSTITUTE (founded 1891 as BRITISH INSTITUTE [and later JENNER INSTITUTE] of PREVENTIVE MEDICINE) SA/LIS
Engaged in research relating to various aspects of public health and preventive medicine, including production of vaccine lymph and sera, bacteriological analysis vitamins, etc, from 1890s. Includes material on College of State Medicine and Sanitary Institute, 1880s-1890s
MEDICAL WOMEN’S FEDERATION (f.1916) SA/MWF
Minutes of Social Medicine Committee, files relating to various issues in public health community/social medicine, 1920s-70s
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS (f. 1899) SA/NPT
Material relating to public health measures to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, 1890s-1990s
PIONEER HEALTH CENTRE, PECKHAM SA/PHC
Papers relating to the important experiment in stimulating 'health' as opposed to 'illth' in the community, 1920s-190s
POLITICS OF HEALTH GROUP SA/PHG
Small group of administrative papers, publications, newsletters, etc, 1982-6
QUEEN’S NURSING INSTITUTE (Chartered in 1889 Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Institute for Nurses) SA/QNI
Large archive, 1840s-1990s, of this body (and associated organisations) instituted to supply district nurses free or via provident schemes, involved in early campaigns for good midwifery and public health advice and services,
ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH also known as ROYAL SOCIETY OF HEALTH SA/RSP
Records of this organisation, and those of predecessor bodies, including the Sanitary Institute (f. 1876), the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (f. 1886) and the Institute of Hygiene (f. 1903), 1876-1997
SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL MEDICINE (f.1956) SA/SSM
Minutes, correspondence, files on meetings, relations with other bodies in the field (including French public health professionals, 1950s-80s
SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH/ SOCIETY OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE/ SOCIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH (1856-1997) SA/SMO
Large archive of the Society covering most aspects of public health and the role of the MOH, and his successor officers post-1974, from 1856 up to the Society's merger with the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene in 1997. Includes central council and committee minutes, annual reports and accounts, 1856-1997, lists of members, 1895-1958 and 1990-7, files on early
activities, 1866-1908, publications including the journal Public Health, 1891-1994, files of comments and evidence provided by the Society, 1950-97, minutes and files of regional Branches and specialist Groups of the Society, 1875-97, and records of the Society's Faculty of Community Health, 1988-98. Includes some non-Society records such as public health literature and
sources, 1902-91, and files relating to the journal The Medical Officer, 1897-1973
General collections
Herbert Davies CHALKE (1897-1979) GC/200
Papers of this MOH who worked in Wales and London, 1930-63, include articles and publications re a broad range of issues associated with public health, including housing, sanitation, food hygiene standards, vaccination, control of TB, as well as discussion of the role and development of the public health service
Sidney CHAVE (1914-1985) GC/178
Worked at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1929-79, retiring as Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine; papers include lectures, publications and research materials on current public health problems and history of public health
COMMUNITY MEDICINE GC/8
Taped recording of discussion of paper by Professor J N Morris on the Speciality of Community Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Sep 1968
Sir Weldon DALRYMPLE-CHAMPNEYS, CB,MA, DM,FRCP (1892-1980), Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health GC/139
Biographical items, talks and broadcasts, reports to Ministry of Health miscellaneous material on public health questions mainly 1930s-50s
Letitia FAIRFIELD CBE (1885-1978) GC/193
Small group of papers of first woman Senior Medical Officer of London County Council, 1900s-60s
Sir George GODBER GCB (b.1908) GC/201
Chief Medical Officer, DHSS, DES and Home Office, 1960-73. Papers on public health issues in the UK and overseas, including draft and published lectures, articles and cartoons, 1942-95
MALVERN DRAINAGE CASE GC/63
Papers of legal case 1907-8, over responsibility for polluted water at a hydropathic establishment at Malvern
Alastair Morrison NELSON, OStJ,FFPHM,DPH (1924-1993) GC/157
Held public posts under various local authorities 1950s-80s. Papers include notes for Diploma in Public Health, 1950-1, correspondence and writings, and material re ‘The Human Values in Health Care Group’ 1990-3
Allan Chilcott, PARSONS, MRCSEng, LRCP, DPH, (d.c.1946) Medical Officer, Ministry of Health GC/263
'Office guide to records of work carried out by A C Parsons 1919-1936' covering his visits, inspections, inquiries and interviews, mainly re cases of infectious, tropical and occupational diseases in England, appraisals of Sanitary Officers, and welfare of hop-pickers
POOR LAW RELIEF IN THE EAST END OF LONDON GC/123
Unpublished report by G D R Butler for London County Council, 1938
Emily Virginia SAUNDERS-JACOBS, MA,DPH (1900-1992) GC/158
Medical Officer in South London; small group of papers on her career, 1920s-60s, mainly in tubercolosis and chest diseases, 1940s-50s
VACCINATORS REGISTER GP/43
J R Garrood, Public Vaccinator, Alconbury District, Huntingdon, 1947-8
Dame Janet VAUGHAN DBE,FRS,FRCP (1899-1993) GC/186
Files on social and occupational medicine, ‘Younger Fellows Club’, 1940-3, includes discussions of subject
Wellcome archives
The archives of the Historical Medical Museum, 1899-1985, WA/HMM, contain material relating to the history of public health, and the archives of Bureau of Scientific Research, 1913-38, WA/BSR, reflect its Director, Andrew Balfour's, interest in the subject; Wellcome Foundation,
pharmaceutical company, was a major producer of vaccines and related products, 1890s-1990s WF
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