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The series consists of correspondence pertaining to reciprocal agreements with other provinces respecting tuberculosis patients; statements of policy and procedure respecting various health facilities; correspondence and memos regarding accounts for various public inquiries.

Incomplete memorandum on the Department's Social Assistance Branch, prepared by E.W. Griffith, Assistant Deputy Provincial Secretary.

This series consists of newspaper clippings concerning public health and the campaign to establish an institution for the treatment of tuberculosis. Includes one photograph, "Lepers at D'arcy Island".

Series consists of records created by the Sisters of St. Ann who staffed the Skagway Sanatorium between 1945 and 1947.

During the Second World War, barracks were built in Skagway to house American military forces sent to Alaska to defend the coast. Towards the end of the war, and in response to the prevalence of tuberculosis, the Governor of Alaska sought to repurpose the buildings as a TB sanatorium. The Sisters of St. Ann agreed to provide nursing Sisters to staff the hospital beginning February 1945. The buildings were not hospitable, and in 1947 staff and patients were moved to Sitka, Alaska. The Sisters ended their involvement with the sanitarium in July 1947.

Records in this series include chronicles, local council minutes, financial records, a history of the institution, and photographs.

The series consists of correspondence and subject files of the Director of the Tuberculosis Control Division created between 1940 and 1959. The Director's office was located at the Vancouver General Hospital.

The series consists of patient files for tuberculosis patients treated at clinics across the province. Typical patient files include medical notes, and some files include correspondence and small x-rays. The series documents the admission, diagnosis, treatment and discharge of patients suffering from tuberculosis and related chest ailments.

The records contain admission and discharge dates, diagnosis, laboratory reports, chest consultation forms with patient medical history, hospitalization summaries, applications for medical examination, progress notes, x-ray reports, clinical notes, consent forms, doctors’ orders, anti-microbial therapy records, correspondence, and, in some cases, autopsy reports with photographs.

Records in accession 95-9233 include files that were used in drug studies. These patient records are generally identified by a participant number which is linked to a master name-and-number index.

The series is arranged numerically by patient number. The records are covered by Communicable Disease Control Services ORCS 23400-20. Not all records dating from this time frame are in BC Archives' custody, as some are still with the creating agency.