| Description | Most of these records have not yet been catalogued into the Derbyshire County Council collection (ref: DCC). For more information please consult the catalogues using the reference numbers below:
D1373 - Medical Officer of Health: Reports and registers, various authorities
D5088 - Medical Officer of Health: Reports and registers, including for other authorities, 1878-1976
D5122 - Medical Officer of Health: Puerperal Pyrexia Register, 1946-1969
D7087 - Medical Officer of Health: Tuberculosis record cards, c1940s-1980s, mostly Chesterfield and Buxton areas; Tuberculosis case ledgers, Whaley bridge area, 1950s-1970s |
| Administrative History | The Local Government Act 1888 empowered county councils to appoint Medical Officers of Health with a range of public health duties. These functions were largely transferred to regional and area health authorities in 1973, then to district health authorities in 1982 (with a requirement to appoint a Director of Public Health from 1988) and to NHS Primary Care Trusts in 2001 before being returned to local government in 2013. |