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City Health Department Correspondence File Registers

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Unique IDAS-0753Start dateBetween 1st January 1940 and 1st January 1979Start date qualifiercircaFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionThese volumes are called correspondence registers but are really alphabetical indexes by subject to files created by CA 73, City Health Department. The volumes record the subject matter, file classification number (a single number with a "C" prefix), and the dates of correspondence or action of papers added to the file.

Once a file number had been allocated to a particular subject, eg files on plant were "C1", the files retained that classification number for the life of the series. The files tended to be closed off when they had five years worth of paper on them, and then a new file (with the same number ) would be opened. The file covers were annotated to show the date range of the contents.

Items 1 and 2 of this series appear to be general indexes, whereas Item 3 is labelled "Newtown 1950-1968" and Item 4 is labelled "Redfern 1959-1968". These registers contain references to files for those specific areas. This arrangement reflects the division of the City by the Health Department into districts administered by different health surveyors.

Item 2 contains a separate index to the following subjects: food premises, immunisation, infectious diseases, administrative instructions, noxious trades, plant, rats, and staff. The staff section includes lists of staff employed in the department.
This series finished in 1979 when the Health Department was abolished and a new department, CA 6, Health and Community Services Department, was established.

There are a number of registers missing from this series. Some of the registers, along with the files, were probably destroyed in 1965 in a fire in the Health Department. (Oral history from John McClure).
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Start Date: 01/01/1940
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End Date: 01/01/1979Relationship summaryCREATED BY: City Health Department AG-0073 (01/01/1900 to 01/01/1979) RELATED TO: Regulation of noxious trades AY-74 (01/01/1940 to 01/01/1979) RELATED TO: Personnel and employee management and services AY-70 (01/01/1940 to 01/01/1979) RELATED TO: Health education and promotions AY-35 (01/01/1940 to 01/01/1979) RELATED TO: Health inspections of premises AY-33 (01/01/1940 to 01/01/1979) RELATED TO: Immunisation against infectious diseases AY-32 (01/01/1940 to 01/01/1979) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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City Health Department Correspondence Files

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Source system ID753System of arrangementAlphabetical

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Creating agenciesCity Health DepartmentRelated activitiesImmunisation against infectious diseasesHealth inspections of premisesHealth education and promotionsPersonnel and employee management and servicesRegulation of noxious trades

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City Health Department Correspondence File Registers