NJB | Neil John Blayney Collection | The collection contains the papers of Neil John Blayney. While it includes some personal items and ephemera, the substantive items in the collection relate to Neil John Blayney’s career at the Queen’s County Infirmary, as both County Surgeon and Medical Officer of troops. It provides an important insight into the career of a County Surgeon, based outside Dublin, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. | 1898-1919 |
NJB/3/1 | Medical Inspector of Recruits | Circulars, letters and instructions received by Neil John Blayney during his time as Medical Officer of Recruits in Maryborough. See also NJB/4/2 for records of medical records of some of the troops and recruits. | 1915-1916 |
NJB/3/1/1 | Letter from War Office | Letter from the Director General, Army Medical Service to Dr Neil John Blayney, thanking him for his offer of service and informing him 'there is no urgent need, at present, for medical men'. | 9 October 1914 |
NJB/3/1/2 | Appointment as Medical Inspector | Letter from the Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Army Medical Corps, based in Dublin Castle, confirming Neil John Blayney’s appointment as Medical Officer i/c Troops at Maryborough. | 4 January 1915 |
NJB/3/1/3 | Correspondence relating to the regulations for the examination of recruits | Correspondence between Dr Blayney and the RAMC Command in Dublin Castle relating to the regulations for examining recruits, and issues that have occured. File also contains a printed pamphlet “Notes on the Medical Examination of Recruits for the Guidance of Examining Medical Officers” | 6 August 1915 - 25 September 1915 |
NJB/3/1/4 | Provision of additional coal | Manuscript weather report prepared by Dr Neil John Blayney for January 1916 and submitted to the Curragh Camp, with a request for additional coal “owing to very severe weather”. File also contains a typescript response declining the request and the original envelope. | January - February 1916 |
NJB/3/1/5 | Army Council Instruction, No 471 of 1916 | Printed circular from the Army Council confirming that recruits who have been discharged due to Tuberculosis should not be re-enlisted. | 5 May 1916 |
NJB/4/1 | Register of Consultations and Charges | Bound volume titled ‘Medical Adviser’s Register of Cases Examined’, with handwritten records of patients examined by Neil John Blayney. Includes: - Records of patient names, ailments and dates of consultation (12 folios). - Financial records of monies paid for consultations (22 folios). | 1 October 1913 - February 1919 |
NJB/4/2 | Patient records books | Two patient record duplicate-style notebooks kept by Neil John Blayney. One notebook is only partially completed (60pp and 35pp). Includes handwritten sick notes, prescriptions, and notes for compassionate leave - mostly for troops at Maryborough but also for a number of lay people. Many of the troops listed suffered the effects of influenza and malaria. | 14 June 1918 - 14 January 1919 |