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Cork City Council Public Health Committee Minutes
TítuloCork City Council Public Health Committee Minutes
ReferenciaCP/CO/PH/M
Fecha
1876-1960
Fecha 1876 - 1960
Ámbito de contenidoThe Public Health Committee began as the Sanitary Committee, first meeting under the former name on 10 January 1877. Earlier meetings of the Sanitary Committee are recorded in General Committee minutes (CP/CO/GC/M) and in the early pages of the first volume in the present series. The series runs up to 1960, with only one gap for part of 1885, making it the longest continuous series of minutes of any Council committee. From 1924 until the end of the present series, the City Manager (City Commissioner from 1924 to 1929 while the Corporation was dissolved) acted for Cork County Borough in Public Health matters, without a committee sitting. While these latter minutes do not document meetings of a committee, they do record transactions relating to the same Public Health functions formerly discharged by the Public Health Committee, and are regarded as part of the same series of records.
The first sixteen volumes of minutes cover a period for which no full Council minutes have survived, adding to the importance of these records of the proceedings of one of Cork Corporation’s major committees.
Under the Public Health (Ireland) Acts of 1874 and 1878, the committee came to function as an Urban Sanitary Authority, reporting to the Local Government Board. The committee was responsible for public sanitation, public health nuisances and incidents, and all sanitary matters arising. They considered reports from the city engineer in respect of building works and related sanitary arrangements. They were also involved in the provision of working class dwellings, and heard applications for sewer connections. The committee and its officers also had duties in respect of the risk and spread of infectious diseases such as smallpox, and in supervising the safe sale of milk, meat, and other foodstuffs. They also oversaw public bathing places and the issuing of cinema and theatre licences. Sanitary officers, headed by the Executive Sanitary Officer, reported to the committee regularly. Public health officers came to include the Medical Superintendent Officer of Health (later City Medical Officer), Executive Sanitary Officer, Sanitary Sub-Officers, Public Analyst, Dairy Inspector and Meat Inspector (Chief Veterinary Officer later discharged both functions), Building Inspector, and Inspector of Midwives.
The committee generally met fortnightly or more frequently. In addition to councillor members, meetings were also attended by the Town Clerk or Secretary, Treasurer, the City Engineer, and the various sanitary officers. From November 1878, the Medical Officer of Health made monthly reports on the sanitary condition of the sanitary authority area. From November 1879 monthly reports were received from the Executive Sanitary Officer on the work of his department, premises visited and inspected, disinfection, burning, and notices served. This information was later recorded in templates provided in the minute books.
While the Corporation was dissolved from October 1924 to April 1929, meetings were attended by the City Commissioner, Philip Monahan (as Chairman) and by city and public health officers. After becoming City Manager, Monahan acted for the Corporation in respect of Public Health matters (ie, without the direct involvement of council members), with minutes being headed ‘Minutes of Proceedings of Public Health held by the Cork City Manager’ up to the end of the present series.
In its later years, the city’s Public Health authority had financial and other responsibilities in respect of the city’s Public Health services, including the following Departments: Public Health, Physiotherapy, Dental, TB (Tuberculosis), and Rodent Control. It also had a role in the provision of school meals, registration of births and deaths, disability allowances, and other matters.
Changes such as the City Manager taking responsibility for public health functions, and in the nature of those functions and the officers and agencies involved, arose out of new legislation.The South Cork County Board of Public Assistance, which included City and County Council representation, took over poor law responsibilities for the south Cork and city areas in 1924, as part of the Cork Joint County Scheme under the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923. The Dividing Order created three county health districts in Cork in 1935 did not affect the South Cork Board of Public Assistance. The Public Assistance Act, 1939, consolidated much existing poor relief and public assistance law. The Health Act, 1953, repealed sections relating to hospitals and institutions.
The Health Authorities Act 1960, which came into effect in July of that year, created a unified regional health authority, with most health functions being removed from the area of responsibility of local government. Local authorities continued to be liable for the cost of public assistance until the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Act, 1975, removed this function.
The first sixteen volumes of minutes cover a period for which no full Council minutes have survived, adding to the importance of these records of the proceedings of one of Cork Corporation’s major committees.
Under the Public Health (Ireland) Acts of 1874 and 1878, the committee came to function as an Urban Sanitary Authority, reporting to the Local Government Board. The committee was responsible for public sanitation, public health nuisances and incidents, and all sanitary matters arising. They considered reports from the city engineer in respect of building works and related sanitary arrangements. They were also involved in the provision of working class dwellings, and heard applications for sewer connections. The committee and its officers also had duties in respect of the risk and spread of infectious diseases such as smallpox, and in supervising the safe sale of milk, meat, and other foodstuffs. They also oversaw public bathing places and the issuing of cinema and theatre licences. Sanitary officers, headed by the Executive Sanitary Officer, reported to the committee regularly. Public health officers came to include the Medical Superintendent Officer of Health (later City Medical Officer), Executive Sanitary Officer, Sanitary Sub-Officers, Public Analyst, Dairy Inspector and Meat Inspector (Chief Veterinary Officer later discharged both functions), Building Inspector, and Inspector of Midwives.
The committee generally met fortnightly or more frequently. In addition to councillor members, meetings were also attended by the Town Clerk or Secretary, Treasurer, the City Engineer, and the various sanitary officers. From November 1878, the Medical Officer of Health made monthly reports on the sanitary condition of the sanitary authority area. From November 1879 monthly reports were received from the Executive Sanitary Officer on the work of his department, premises visited and inspected, disinfection, burning, and notices served. This information was later recorded in templates provided in the minute books.
While the Corporation was dissolved from October 1924 to April 1929, meetings were attended by the City Commissioner, Philip Monahan (as Chairman) and by city and public health officers. After becoming City Manager, Monahan acted for the Corporation in respect of Public Health matters (ie, without the direct involvement of council members), with minutes being headed ‘Minutes of Proceedings of Public Health held by the Cork City Manager’ up to the end of the present series.
In its later years, the city’s Public Health authority had financial and other responsibilities in respect of the city’s Public Health services, including the following Departments: Public Health, Physiotherapy, Dental, TB (Tuberculosis), and Rodent Control. It also had a role in the provision of school meals, registration of births and deaths, disability allowances, and other matters.
Changes such as the City Manager taking responsibility for public health functions, and in the nature of those functions and the officers and agencies involved, arose out of new legislation.The South Cork County Board of Public Assistance, which included City and County Council representation, took over poor law responsibilities for the south Cork and city areas in 1924, as part of the Cork Joint County Scheme under the Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923. The Dividing Order created three county health districts in Cork in 1935 did not affect the South Cork Board of Public Assistance. The Public Assistance Act, 1939, consolidated much existing poor relief and public assistance law. The Health Act, 1953, repealed sections relating to hospitals and institutions.
The Health Authorities Act 1960, which came into effect in July of that year, created a unified regional health authority, with most health functions being removed from the area of responsibility of local government. Local authorities continued to be liable for the cost of public assistance until the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Act, 1975, removed this function.
Rango34 volumes
LenguajeEnglish
Palabra clave de personaCork City Council, Cork Corporation
AccessOpen by appointment to those holding a current readers' ticket
Conditions governing reproductionSubject to Rules Governing Reproduction of Records
Nivel de descripciónseries
RepositoryCork City and County Archives