Bandon Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/42
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10 Apr 1878 – 2 Apr 1879
Ordinary minutes are followed by supplemental sheets for proceedings under the Medical Charities Act and proceedings as a sanitary authority. From 4 December minutes of proceedings under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878 are inserted after Medical Charities Minutes. Includes: 10 Apr 1878 Total inmates: 230 Medical Charities: election of Committees of Management of Dispensary Districts (Bandon, Innishannon, Templemartin, Murragh, and Kilbrittain).
1 May 1878 Resolution in support of Arthur Moore’s parliamentary bill for orphan and destitute children in industrial schools.
8 May 1878 LGB letter regarding to boar d’s proposal to pay consulting sanitary officers by fee instead of salary. It is explained that no case requiring the advice of the current officer has occurred since his appointment and that ‘we think it hard on the ratepayers to pay where no duty is performed’.
12 Jun 1878 Report of committee appointed to inquire into the water supply at the north side of Bandon. It is advised that wells be sunk lower.
3 Jul 1878 Clerk directed to bring the state of the fish market under the notice of the constabulary, the Town Commissioners having called attention to it.
17 Jul 1878 Committee report on sanitary nuisances in Bandon, noting ‘there were two sickly and delicate children in a room adjoining a dung pit and pig sty from which there was a poisonous effluvia’.
7 Aug 1878 Master reports two women ‘for striving to overhear the confession of a patient in the hospital to Revd J Lyons RCC’.
23 Oct 1878 Master’s report regarding the final decision of an inmate who although protestant expressed a wish to become a catholic but subsequently changed his mind. [30 Oct: master censured for his conduct in the case]. 6 Nov 1878 ‘Other Expenses’ Account notes half -yearly salary for the inspector of lodging houses and maintenance costs for three blind children and one deaf and dumb child in other institutions. 1 Jan 1879 Motion voted on rescinding the appointment of the inspector and valuer under the Contagious Diseases Act. Notice of motion given that the Lord Lieutenant be requested to amalgamate Bandon, Clonakilty, Dunmanway and Macroom unions for the purposes of the act, with one veterinary inspector. [See, eg, 15 Jan] 26 Mar 1879 Petition praying for the earlier closing of public houses on Saturday evenings signed by the chairman on behalf of the board. Veterinary Dept letter received regarding a reported case of pleuro- pneumonia, noting that an infected place should have been declared.
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