County Borough of Doncaster Medical Officer of Health records

Although the Public Health Act, 1848 was adopted by the borough in August 1851, the appointment of a medical officer was optional until the Public Health Act, 1875. Doncaster appointed its first Medical Officer of Health in January 1865, following promptings from the board of poor law guardians. There are regular annual reports from 1882, which contain invaluable surveys on the public health of the town from year to year. In addition, the archives of the MOH include registers of deaths from 1875 to 1939 and of births from 1910 to 1966, which appears to be unusual when compared to other local authorities. Their considerable value for family history purposes has led to a computer-indexing project by the Doncaster New Beginnings Group and a copy of the index of names from 1875 to 1928 produced by the group is available at Doncaster Archives. Including, Register of deaths for the borough of Doncaster 1875-1939, for Balby with Hexthorpe Urban District 1903-1914, and for Wheatley Urban District 1903-1914 (Note : there is an index for the years 1875 to 1928); Register of births notified for the borough of Doncaster 1910-1966; Register of births and vaccinations for the borough of Doncaster 1920-1943; Register of lunatics and mental defectives 1920-1970; Registers of notifiable diseases 1912-1956; Annual reports of the Medical Officer of Health 1882-1966, and of the School Medical Officer 1908-1967 and monthly reports to the health committee 1943-1972; Accounts 1931-1971; Staffing and establishment 1936-1973; Subject files etc 1928-1972, including midwives' report sheets 1949-1960 and files on atmospheric pollution 1950-1954, maternal mortality 1935, 1937-1946, and health of the elderly 1968-1971; newspaper cuttings book 1957-1960; Annual reports of the Local Government Board 1900-1907, of the Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health 1906-1928 and the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education 1908-1937

Unless otherwise stated, everything over 30 years old is available for inspection