Burgh of Partick Committee Papers
- Reference:GB 243 H-PAR1/21/40
- Dates of Creation:1904
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:4 bundles; 1 file Manuscript
Scope and Content
First bundle includes:
- report on outbreak of enteric fever
- complaint about Broomhill sewer smells, insanitary stair at 197 Byres Road, Whiteinch Galvanising Works and other nuisances
- contract for hay
- report on site for proposed reception house
- correspondence on a case of smallpox transferred from Stirling
- report on paving of back courts and passages
- petition for change in hours by cleansing staff
- worker's compensation claim for injury
- agenda for Sanitary Institute Congress
- statement showing number of staff of Sanitary Department and salaries comparing Govan, Greenock, Paisley, Motherwell, Airdrie and Leith
- petition from consumers against flat rate for electricity
Second bundle includes:
- bye-laws for ice cream shops with example from Rothesay
- bye-laws for the licensing of theatres and public billiard and bagatelle rooms
- plan of proposed road next to Victoria Park
- list of trees and shrubs needed for Highburgh Road and cost of laying out pleasure ground
- correspondence on county council elections
- lowering of Dumbarton Road under railways bridges
- papers relating to renewal of Motor Car Act
- drainage scheme for grounds of Knightswood Hospital
- notice of musical performances in the parks
- case of compensation for arrest of George Jack for non-payment of assessment
Third bundle includes:
- return showing population, valuation and average assessment levied under the Education (Scotland) Act 1872 for 1900-1903
- applications to hold circus on vacant ground and objection
- notes on the Dean of Guild plans for dwellings on Highburgh Road, Dowanhill Street and Albion Street
- notes of constables' resignations and dismissal
- report by Chief Constable
Fourth bundle includes:
- programme of the Victoria Model Yacht Club and letters arranging band performances
- circulars from Local Government Board on the closing of schools due to sickness
- report on the conditon of railway bridges
- substitution of ash pits with bins
- report on result of analysis of milk samples following an enteric fever outbreak
- sewer complaints in Broomhill
- complaint about a dairy at 1122 Dumbarton Road with plan
- Medical Officer's Report for the year ending May 1904
- Sunday Trading (Scotland) Bill
- public lighting of lanes
- leaflet promoting cremation following 1902 Cremation Act
- letter from Glasgow School of Art concerning the grant from Partick
- description of Leith Victoria Baths
- paper on habitual offenders by the Association of Burgh Officials
File includes:
- Burgh of Partick Annual Report upon the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Burgh for the year 1903
- sample notices with abstract of Motor Car Act
- draft Dean of Guild Court rules and regulations with earlier version
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