33/1/807 Guide to the Accident and Vacation Advice Publications Accident and Vacation Advice Publications

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Guide to the Accident and Vacation Advice Publications 1929/9999 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Accident and Vacation Advice Publications 1929- 33/1/807 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Campus Health Service 0.10 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The Health Service was established in 1916 to apply the practices of preventive medicine and sanitation to campus life and to promote the general health and physical welfare of students, faculty and staff.1 Since that time, free medical service has been given to members of the university community in a clinic building, and referrals to a physician or a hospital are suggested when deemed necessary.2 In 1919 the Trustees designated the Health Service the Department of Hygiene and Public Health.3 In 1941, the University Health Officer's duties were specifically defined as responsibility for preventive medicine and sanitation, investigation of possible campus health and safety hazards and remedial action on these hazards. In 1937, the Health Service was made part of the School of Physical Education, but in 1943, it was placed under the Dean of Students. The title was changed to Director of Health Services on October 21, 1952. In 1953, the Health Service was moved from Davenport House to McKinley Hospital to consolidate facilities for increased efficiency and economy.4 In 1954, McKinley Hospital, along with the University Health Service were placed under the Director of Health Services.5 In 1970, upon the recommendation of the Director of Health Services, and the Chancellor of the Champaign-Urbana campus, the names of the Health Center and McKinley Hospital were consolidated into "McKinley Health Center," although they both continue to operate as single units under the jurisdiction of McKinley Health Center.6

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 29th Report, November 16, 1916, p. 172.

2. Ibid., p. 173.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 30th Report, August 15, 1919, p. 511.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 47th Report, July 25, 1953, p. 748.

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 48th Report, September 29, 1954, p. 68.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 56th Report, July 22, 1970, p. 16.

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This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Accidents
Administrative Information Accruals:

9/63

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological

Scope and Contents

Accident and Vacation Advice Publications, including notices of staff on the prevention of accidents and illnesses on the job and on vacations (1929-31, 1934, 1937-40), letters addressed to staff containing procedures for student absences (1956), on-th-job accident reports (1954), safety (1949), hazards of florescent light (1949) and injury on the job policy (1934).