NRS-980 | Copies of letters to Medical Staff

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Copies of letters addressed to the officer in charge of the colony's medical department who was known until 1828 as the Principal Surgeon, from that date as the Inspector of Hospitals, from 1836 as the Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals and from 1848 as the Medical Adviser to the Government. There are also letters to the President of the Medical Board and to the surgeon superintendents of convict transports.

Most of the letters after 1848 are addressed to the Medical Adviser to the Government. Letters to the Health Officer and also letters relating to quarantine are in NRS 975 and NRS 997 respectively.

(4/3786-91; microfilm copy SR Reels 2864-2866). 6 vols.

Note:
This description is based on Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.