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NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1831/3099 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from Richard Townsend, magistrate, Castle Townsend [Castletownshend], County Cork, concerning the response to cholera in the town of Skibereen |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Richard Townsend, magistrate, Castle Townsend [Castletownshend], County Cork, to Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Chief Secretary, enclosing copy of a communication signed by Rev Richard Boyle Townsend and four other householders of the town of Skibereen to certain magistrates of County Cork, drawing attention to a local outbreak of typhus and seeking assistance under the relevant statute to prevent the threat of cholera; also enclosing the resolutions of the medical practitioners of Skibereen on the question of the state of health of the neighbourhood; warning that if cholera did make an appearance in the district ‘its ravages would be formidable’ and recommending the formation of a board of health to enforce cleanliness and hygiene in dwellings occupied by the poorer classes. |
EXTENT: |
3 items; 7pp |
DATE(S): |
19 Nov 1831-25 Nov 1831 |
DATE EARLY: |
1831 |
DATE LATE: |
1831 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1831/3252 |
NAI REFERENCE: |
CSO/RP/1832/1813 |
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TITLE: |
Letter from Richard Townsend, magistrate, [Castletownshend], County Cork, submitting the names of men nominated to a board of health for the parish of Castlehaven, to deal with the threat of cholera. |
SCOPE & CONTENT: |
Letter from Richard Townsend, magistrate, Castle Townsend [Castletownshend], County Cork, [probably to Henry William Paget, Lord Lieutenant], submitting the names of nine individuals nominated to a board of health for the parish of Castlehaven to deal with the threat of cholera; includes annotation from Richard W Greene noting that the application should be signed by two or more magistrates following a meeting. Also copy of reply from [Sir William Gosset, Under Secretary], to Townsend, noting that a new application will be immediately attended to. [Contains list of names not given in this description]. |
EXTENT: |
2 items; 3pp |
DATE(S): |
25 Apr 1832-3 May 1832 |
DATE EARLY: |
1832 |
DATE LATE: |
1832 |
ORIGINAL REFERENCE: |
1832/1965 |