| Description | Soft-bound booklet containing the final annual report of Dublin Fever Hospital Board. In 1960 this Board was dissolved pursuant to the Health Authorities Act, and management of Cherry Orchard Hospital passed to the newly-established Dublin Health Authority.
The booklet contains the Chairman's Report, Medical Report, a Report on the Hospital Laboratory, a Report of the Medical Social Service Department, and the Ladies Linen Guild Report. Prominent topics mentioned in the Chairman's Report include the impending dissolution of the Board, proposals to establish an Advisory Committee to the Hospital, admissions of patients, maintenance of hospital buildings and grounds, and staffing changes. The Medical Report includes sections concerning the admission and treatment of patients suffering in large numbers from measles, whooping cough, scarlet fever, and intestinal diseases such as infective enteritis and gastro-enteritis. |