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City Health Department Correspondence Files

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Unique IDAS-0145Start dateBetween 17th January 1946 and 7th June 1984Start date qualifiercircaFormatRegistered FileShort descriptionThis series consists of the City Health Department's copies of official correspondence dealing with health matters, 1946-1984.DescriptionThis series consists of the City Health Department's copies of official correspondence dealing with health matters. Most of the papers on the files are annotated with the corresponding file number in Town Clerk's Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 (AS-0034).

It is expected that the series started around 1940, as the registers for this file series are held from that year - see City Health Department Correspondence File Registers (AS-0753). The City Health Department became the Health and Community Services Department on 23 July 1979, and this has been taken as the end date for the series, although a few papers were added to files up to 7 June 1984. The content surviving for the series Is from 1946-1984.

The files are controlled by a single number classification system with a ‘C’ prefix. For example, files dealing with plant were numbered ‘C1’. When the file had accumulated 5 years worth of papers, it was closed off and a new ‘C1’ file on plant opened. The date range of the contents was annotated on the file cover. The papers inside the file were numbered with the file number and the year. The Department closed most files after five years, but some were closed after 1 or 3 years. The ‘C’ prefix apparently stood for ‘correspondence’.

The files deal with a wide range of public health subjects, including boarding houses, complaints from the public, fumigation, garbage, hospitals, litter, licenses, infectious diseases, and immunisation.

Many of the files were burnt in a fire at the Health Department's office in 1965. The Department used to be housed in Block B at the Town Hall, part of the site now occupied by St Andrew's House. (Oral history John McClure, December 1993). Apart from two files that date from 7 February 1980 to 7 June 1984, the latest date for the files is 5 March 1970. The files for the years 1978 to 1979 were destroyed in 1993 as the papers were duplicated in Town Clerk's Correspondence Files (AS-0034), and Central Activity Files (AS-0116). (See file A06-00083) These earlier files have been retained as some of the corresponding files in Town Clerk's Correspondence Files (AS-0034), have been destroyed.
Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Town Clerks Department Correspondence Files AS-0034 (17/01/1946 to 31/12/1978)
RELATED TO: Regulation of noxious trades AY-0074 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Health education and promotions AY-0035 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Health inspections of premises AY-0033 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Immunisation against infectious diseases AY-0032 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Control of animals AY-0123 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Licensing and inspection of boarding and lodging houses AY-0081 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Food preparation licenses and inspections AY-0063 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Ordinance and by-law enforcement, abatement of nuisances AY-0055 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Provision and management of aged care and welfare centres and services AY-0040 (15/01/1962 to 28/09/1964)
RELATED TO: Removal of waste from streets, public places and premises AY-0005 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Disposal of waste by punting, tipping or destruction AY-0008 (17/01/1946 to 05/03/1970)
RELATED TO: Central Activity Files AS-0116 (05/01/1979 to 23/07/1979)
LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Royal Agricultural Show. 1967-1968.

Rodents [newsclippings]

Insect pects - cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, etc.

Argentine ants. 1961-1965.

Argentine ant campaign.

Argentine ants. 1956-1960.

Argentine ant samples. Newtown.

Infectious diseases - inspections. 1956-1960. [Numbered dockets: Date, address, disease, name]

Infectious Disease [Monthly Infectious Disease Notifications - address, disease, date and district]

Infectious diseases. 1956-1960. [Correspondence, pamphlets. Schedule 2 notifications - Date x name

Disorderly houses. 1956-1960. [Notification to Police Dept. giving addresses of premises declared

Royal Agricultural Showground. Chief Health Officer. Chief Food Inspector. Incl. names & addresses

Dilapidated & dangerous structures. 1956-1960. [Addresses & action required]

Pure Food Act. Licences: Refreshment rooms, restaurants, school tuck shops, storage & sale of

Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever. To 1956. [Name, address, sex, age, date.]

Boarding Houses. 1956-1960.

Cleansing of right-of-ways. Council to Pay.

Cleansing of lanes & private right-of-ways.

Cleansing of private lanes - right-of-ways. 1956-1960. [List of privately owned lanes & right of

Cleansing of private lanes, land, tc.

Cleansing of Right-of-ways. Land.

Clean-up campaigns generally.

Health Education - campaign. To 1956. [Auckland City Council poster; photos of food exposure,

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CSA011850

CSA011849

CSA011848

CSA011847

CSA011846

CSA011845

CSA011844

CSA011843

CSA011842

Series

Central Activity Files, 1979-1987

Access

Public access statusOpen to public access

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID145System of arrangementAnnual single number

Digitisation

Digitisation statusNot digitised

Data Quality

Authenticity & integrityThese are the original correspondence files of the Council. The records have been held in the Council’s custody and have a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that these are historical records and the language used within the records was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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OrganisationSydney City CouncilControlled by seriesCity Health Department Correspondence File RegistersRelated seriesTown Clerk's Department Correspondence Files, 1914-1978 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]Central Activity Files, 1979-1987Creating agenciesCity Health DepartmentHealth and Community ServicesRelated activitiesImmunisation against infectious diseasesHealth inspections of premisesHealth education and promotionsRegulation of noxious tradesDisposal of waste by punting, tipping or destructionRemoval of waste from streets, public places and premisesProvision and management of aged care and welfare centres and servicesOrdinance and by-law enforcement, abatement of nuisancesFood preparation licenses and inspectionsLicensing and inspection of boarding and lodging housesControl of animals

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