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IE CCCA/BG/65 Clonakilty Board of Guardians
LGB letter regarding ‘the prevalence of fever in the dispensary district of Timoleague’, noting their inspectors have called attention to ‘the defective condition of the privies attached to the Timoleague National Schools’. [A recurring matter.] LGB letter regarding relief works in the Rosscarbery area, the guardians reporting ‘there is great distress in the locality’. 10 Jun 1881 Report by Dr Garde, Sanitary Officer, calling attention to the scarcity of water in the villages of Butlerstown, Courtmacsherry and Timoleague. 17 Jun 1881 Letter on behalf of trustees of the will of lord Carbery stating that they are willing to meet one-third of the cost of the proposed Ross waterworks, this grant not to exceed £210. [See later sanitary minutes eg 1 Jul]
1 Jul 1881 List of approved payments include salaries of officers to 30 June.
22 Jul 1881 Master’s report stating ‘there are two inmates in the hospital who are suffering from dementia and are at times uncontrollable’. He recommends that they be sent to the asylum or a place be provided where they could be restrained. The board refer the matter to the magistrates. Resolution regarding a letter from the Commissioners for Public Works directing payment of £1077 first instalment on the seed loan due. The board state they do not have the funds and add ‘the farmers whose rates are due are unable to pay. The poor rate would be paid by them if taken without the seed rate ’ . They also ask that the second instalment be remitted, noting ‘the seeds cost about twice the ordinary price in consequence of the difficulty of procuring good seed’. [Seed rates a recurring subject] Caretakers appointed to Ardfield, Kilgarriff and Kilkeranemore graveyards.
5 Aug 1881 Numbers of persons vaccinated for the half-year to 30 June: Clonakilty district: 96; Rosscarbery: 47; Timoleague: 72.
2 Sep 1881 Chairman declines to entertain a resolution regarding the appointment of assistant commissioners under the Land Law (Ireland) Act. [Notice of motion given stating that in refusing to put a resolution of which notice had been legally given the chairman has ‘forfeited th e confidence of this board’. Mr Beecher, chairman, tendered his resignation on 9 Sep, insisting his refusal ‘was actuated by no feelings of party spirit’. Resignation withdrawn at the request of the board.] 30 Sep 1881 Resolution regarding ‘uncontrolled roaming’ by inmates as noticed by the LGB inspector. This is attributed to mothers resorting to the hospital for dietary for children entered on the hospital books. This procedure has been changed. The [visiting] committee also remark on the doors not being kept locked ‘as they ought to be and that the power of punishment for insubordination has not been sufficiently exercised’. [See also 7 Oct (matron to explain ‘ insub ordination & c among the female inmates’) and 21 Oct.] Letter from Rt Hon WE Gladstone acknowledging the board’s resolution regarding ‘the appointment of practical agriculturalists under the land act’.
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