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Health Department photographs

subseries1911-1940Fonds 200 > Series 372 > Subseries 32

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Held by
City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
Dates
1911-1940 (indexed as 1911–1940)
Level
subseries
Extent
ca. 245 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller; 909 photographs : b&w negatives ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller
Scope & content
Subseries consists of images taken for the Department of Health by the Department of Works photographer. Arranged in chronological order, these photographs focus on issues of concern to the Health Department during the tenure of Medical Officer of Health Dr. Charles Hastings. Subjects addressed in the photographs include: food and milk control, housing conditions and overcrowding, sanitation (including sewage disposal, plumbing, and drainage), quarantine and communicable disease control, potable water and water treatment, infants' clinics and mothers' classes, the activities of visiting public health nurses, and health and dental clinics held in Toronto public schools.Subseries also includes photographs of offices, laboratories, and equipment associated with the operation of the Department of Health, as well as copies of charts and diagrams illustrating various public health statistics for Toronto.
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Subjects
Toronto (Ont.). Dept. of Works; Toronto (Ont.). Dept. of Public Health; Hastings, Charles John Colwell Orr, 1858-1931; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSING CONDITIONS; OVERCROWDING; ANIMALS; WATER; FOOD; FILTRATION PLANTS; SEWAGE; VISITING NURSE SERVICES; MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY; INFANTS; CHILDREN; MOTHERS; SCHOOLS
Harvested
2026-10-22T04:55:53Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto
Original metadata as harvested (toronto)