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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

WILCOCKS, Charles (1896-1977)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0809 Wilcocks

Held at: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Title: WILCOCKS, Charles (1896-1977)

Date(s): c 1927-1977

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 9 boxes

Name of creator(s): Wilcocks | Charles | 1896-1977 | Director of Bureau of Tropical Medicine

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1896, graduated Manchester University; served in World War One in Egypt and the Palestine Campaign 1915-19 (wounded at Gaza 1917); Graduating MB Ch.B in 1924; joined the East African Medical Service in 1927; became Tuberculosis Research Officer in Tanganyika in 1930; at the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (he took the DTM&H in 1941) from 1938; Director of the Bureau, 1942 to 1961; also consultant to Counties Public Health Laboratories, London, 1962-76.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Reports, correspondence, publications and related papers, 1927-1977, notably including US War Department Technical Bulletins/TB Med and related correspondence; BBC radio scripts and related correspondence; Medical and sanitary data on various countries, compiled by the Medical Intelligence Branch, Preventive Medicine Division, Office of the Surgeon General, US Army; Information relating to his role as consultant, The Counties Public Health Laboratories; Publications on tuberculosis; Wilcocks' autobiography and watercolour of a typical medical officer's residence in East Africa.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged into 7 series as outlined in the Scope and Content section above.

Conditions governing access:

This collection is open for consultation. Please contact the Archivist to arrange an appointment. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering. Please see website for further information at www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

From the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, date unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

LSHTM collection GB 0809 Buxton/02/04 includes notes on malaria in various countries by Buxton and Wilcocks.

Autobiography and other material at the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Tropical Medicine, reference : GC/55.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Victoria Killick, LSHTM Archivist. Sources: Prevention and Cure. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, A 20th Century Quest for Global Public Health. Lise Wilkinson and Anne Hardy. (2001). Kegan Paul Limited.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August 2004


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Sanitation | Environmental engineering
Tuberculosis | Diseases | Pathology
Actinomycetales infections
Health

Personal names
Wilcocks | Charles | 1896-1977 | Director of Bureau of Tropical Medicine

Corporate names
Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases x Sleeping Sickness Bureau x Tropical Disease Bureau
Counties Public Health Laboratories

Places
Tanzania UR | East Africa