NRS-4834 | Correspondence re diphtheria immunization

These files contain correspondence between the Department and shire and municipal councils (mainly), medical officers of health, and individuals, regarding the operation of government subsidized mass anti-diphtheria immunization campaigns conducted by local councils. As well as providing a fairly complete outline of the operation of the scheme, these files include returns showing the names, addresses, ages and sex of children immunized, parent's name, details of dosage, fees paid to doctors and nurses. These returns, however, ceased to be a departmental requirement after 1955 and figures do not therefore appear consistently after that date. Moreover, those files dealing with the larger municipalities and shires were often split by the department to reduce their size and material for urban and suburban areas is therefore not available for the period 1936 to the mid 1940s. (12/918-59). 42 boxes. Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.