Burgh of Partick Committee Papers
- Reference:GB 243 H-PAR1/21/52
- Dates of Creation:1912
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:4 bundles; 1 file Manuscript
Scope and Content
First bundle includes:
- appeal against rates charged for electricity
- report on work of Electricity Department
- acquisition of land for public baths and wash-house
- correspondence on transfer of electricity undertakings to Glasgow
- amendments to the Glasgow Corporation order relating to water supply
- complaints about the killing of pigs on Merkland Wharf
- petition from carters and street sweepers for increased wages
- return by Sanitary Inspector under the Public Health Acts with return of births and deaths and causes of death, return of cases of infectious disease and return of infant mortality
- reports by public analyst
- claim for loss of trade through public works
- report by medical officer on compulsory notification of tuberculosis with correspondence with the Local Government Board and the burgh's guidelines on prevention
- Judicial Statistics for Dean of Guild Courts showing number of application made and the results
Second bundle includes:
- papers relating to construction of lesser burgh hall and baths and wash house
- subscriptions to the West of Scotland Cricket Club to prevent its liquidation
Third bundle includes:
- communication from the Scottish Churches' Lords Day Association and others against the opening hours of ice cream shops and places of public refreshment
- excerpt from the History of Glasgow's Water Supply
- programmes for Victoria and West of Scotland Model Yacht Clubs
- estimated population for Partick
- petition by road menders for damage to clothing
- table of rents payable under the House Letting and Rating (Scotland) Act
- list of petitions against the Glasgow Boundaries Bill
- plan of crescent on Marlborough Avenue and offer of the land as public space
- correspondence on Meadowside Quays tramways
- plan of property between Bridge Street and Newton Street
- Statement of Dean of Guild fees collected 1911-1912
- letters relating to renewal of bonds and other financial papers
- draft minutes of committee on conditions of appointment of officials
Fourth bundle includes:
- correspondence and programme for music in the parks
- opening of the bandstand and the model yacht house
- petition for more bowling greens
- papers relating to Partick Curling Club
File includes:
- table of results of tests on food samples by the public analyst
- petition to form new street
- poster advertising band performances in Victoria Park
- notices of extension of Infectious Disease (Notification) Act to pulmonary tuberculosis
- public notices of Glasgow Boundaries Order
- notice of erection of lesser burgh hall and public baths and washhouses
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