Collection: Deeny Papers
| Collection Description | James Deeny, practitioner in Lurgan the 1930s, made pioneering surveys of infant mortality and tuberculosis. Chief Medical Officer to Dublin Department of Health, 1944-1950, when he resigned to set up the National T.B. Survey. Returned to institute the Mother and Child Scheme. This collection reflects his interests in Belfast linen workers, among whom he conducted a social and clinical survey; the eradication of tuberculosis; infant diseases, including enteritis. |
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Repository: RCSI Heritage Collections
| Repository Name | RCSI Heritage Collections |
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| Address | Mercer Building RCSI Mercer Street Lower Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 YH72 |
| Telephone | (01) 402-2511 |
| Email Address | archivist@rcsi.com |
| Web Address | https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/library/using-the-library/heritage-collections |
| latitude | 53.34069 |
| longitude | -6.26373 |
1 Results
| ID | Repository | Reference | Date | Description | Collection |
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| 2285 | RCSI Heritage Collections | c.1930s-1950s | Files of papers including lectures, copies of articl... | Deeny Papers |