| Description | Book labelled as Aberdeen Steam Fishermens' Benevolent Society Minute Book No.3.
Detailed minutes of the Society's meetings, including claims made to the Society for benefits funds by injured Members and bereaved families of deceased Members (both those deceased of natural and of accidental causes), the decisions made thereon by the committee, and the amounts paid to claimants.
Other features of interest: reports of some cases of consumption; discussion of setting up the Society's own medical facility to treat all accidental injuries of Society members and recruitment of a nurse for that purpose; discussions of new National Insurance/ National Health (following National Insurance Act of 1911). |