Cork Board of Guardians IE CCCA/BG/69
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and such as outbreak of fever at Ballincollig Barracks (28 Oct 1890, p4); report sent to the Guardians of the Cork Poor Law Union concerning accommodation for relieving officers and medical staff (1 Mar 1892, p34); and such as, request by Board of Guardians for attention to report by Dr. Brown to Local Government Board concerning the North Dispensary building at Shandon Street (24 March 1895, p93); and such as Dr. Hayes appearing before committee to explain why he refused to give a corporation employee a certificate (9 March 1897, p153) and such as, re-division of Cork into Urban and Rural dispensary districts (21 Feb 1899); Members of the committee included corporation members such as the High Sherriff Alderman Sir John Scott, also aldermen Madden, Buckley and Ryan. Also news cutting at rear concerning special meeting of Committee, 12 Jan 1892 to fill vacancy due to death of Dr. C.Harvey.
Date : 16 Sept 1890 – 2 Apr 1899
Level : Item
Extent : c.200pp
BG/69/AL/1
Rural Sanitary Board Minute Book
Scope and Content: Proceedings of the Rural Sanitary Board/Committee (under 37 and 38 Vic., c.93). Most entries are signed by Michael Carr, Executive Sanitary Officer Cork Union. Notes receipt of reports of Sanitary Officers for various districts, such as Ballincollig, Carrignavar, Carrigaline, Blackrock, Queenstown, Blarney, Cork No.4, Ballygarvan, Douglas; gives name of Sanitary Officer, general subject (such as ‘nuisances’ and brief particulars (such as ‘1 case bad drainage’). Notes that the reports were read and any directions given recorded in the executive sanitary officers report book. Summary of letters received and decisions made, such as, Dr. [Rountree] Ballincollig reporting that there has been illness and fever in the house of Mary Nash, recommending a thorough cleansing of the house and fumigating by sulphur fumes, whitewashing, burning of straw bed and bedding (23 Jan 1875, p35); as such as, seven sanitary reports were read from the sanitary officer of Whitechurch Dispensary District, Dr. Jefferies, concernin g nuisances, and ‘The usual notices were ordered in eac h case’ (30 January 1875, p.37); and such as, Dr. Donovan of the Cork Dispensary District complained of the dilapidated state of the houses situated at the Kerry Pike…’The Board directed that the Landlord and tenant be noticed in every case.’ (29 Apr 1875, p83); and such as, Deputation of the rate payers of Passage and Monkstown protesting ‘in the strongest manner against the project for supplementing the Passage West water supply (2 Sep 1875, p158).
Date : 28 Nov 1874 – 3 Feb Jan 1876
Level : Item
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