Epidemiologic Studies

Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education

Medical Advisor Memoranda and Reports, 1944-1947

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Originating Office: Tennessee Eastman Corporation

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series includes Absentee Reports of employees, which are arranged by department and contain date; employee name, badge number, sex, and shift; coded reason for absence; and the total employees absent and scheduled for work. The series also contains Ambulance Runs, which document ambulance calls and provide call date and time, building where the ambulance was needed, and the time the ambulance was back in service; Badges and Pass Records (1945), which are arranged by department number and list employee name, payroll number, area, division, and superintendent; and Medical Division Memos and Requests, which consist of individual medical equipment transfer records. Other records in the series include medical and dental information for employees; monthly records and weekly reports of patient visits; correspondence and reports of the Oak Ridge Health Association, the Oak Ridge Medical Society, and the Oak Ridge Hospital (regarding the train wreck at Jellico, TN, in 1944); plans and drawings; purchase orders; absentee reports; medical rejections; opium and coca registers; department employee records with name, address, social security number, date of birth, citizenship, educational background, marital status, race, height, weight, selective service information, and employment history; invitations; personnel applications; bacteriologic reports; vendor catalogs and correspondence; a disaster plan; memoranda concerning drinking water; correspondence pertaining to employee terminations; merit ratings; narcotics files; supervisory training records; urinalysis summaries; badge requisitions forms; visitor permits; and Correspondence Regarding Pre-Employment Medical Exams.

Data Elements: 7-8, 11, 16-17, 20, 22-23, 30, 117