Catalogue description Wilcocks, Charles (1896-1977)

This record is held by London University: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Details of GB 0809 Wilcocks
Reference: GB 0809 Wilcocks
Title: Wilcocks, Charles (1896-1977)
Description:

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.
Date: c.1927-1977
Arrangement:

Arranged into 7 series
Held by: London University: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Not Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Wilcocks

Charles

1896-1977

Director of Bureau of Tropical Medicine
Physical description: 9 boxes and 1 oversize item
Access conditions:

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Administrative / biographical background:

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.

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