Public Health Department files (GES)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	state archives
Producer	Department of Public Health
Coverage	1921-1952
Works using it	3

Debates

Debate	Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	2
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	2
The state and capital: instrumentalism, autonomy and fractions of capital	2
Living standards, health and social policy	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Duncan (1990a)	GES 539/13 Public Health Department correspondence (1925)	1925	Shows Pritchard exploiting loopholes in housing regulations as labour recruiter.
Duncan (1990b)	GES 539/13 Public Health Department correspondence on Pritchard in Natal (1925)	1925	Evidence of Pritchard exploiting housing-regulation loopholes as a labour recruiter.
Duncan (1993)	State Archives (Pretoria), Public Health Department files (GES series), e.g. GES 593/13, GES 82/33, GES 1/62, GES 7/26A, GES 4/5A	1921-1952	Internal memoranda and correspondence show Public Health officials' motives, reluctance to press municipalities, and handling of housing, clinics and medical examinations.