The history of cholera in Exeter in 1832 / by Thomas Shapter.

Date:
1849
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Credit: The history of cholera in Exeter in 1832 / by Thomas Shapter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    JO 1 Nov., 1831 Meeting of tlie public bodies. “ 4. That the Mayor do desire the corporation of the poor to depute a committee of their body to attend such meeting. “ 5. That the Mayor do also request the commissioners of the improvement rate will appoint a committee for the same purpose. “ 6. That the Rev. Dr. Carwithen be informed that the company of the clergy, or a deputation from their body, would he desir- able. “ 7. That such meeting be held at the Guildhall, on Tuesday next, the 1st of November, at J2 o’clock. “ {Signed) Wm. Kennaway, Mayor!' In another copy of the minutes, there is also this resolution: “ Resolved, that in the opinion of this meeting, it would be desi- rable as soon as possible to procure a place for the removal of the sick in case the disease should unfortunately appear in this city, and that for this purpose the Mayor be requested to apply to the Commander in-Chief for the use of the Cavalry Barracks.’' On the 29th meetings of the Corporation of the Poor, the Com- missioners of Improvement, and the medical men, were held, and they severally deputed various members from their respective bodies to attend the meeting appointed for the 1st of November, and at which the Board of Health was to be formally consti- tuted. The following is the contemporaneous account of the proceed- ings of this meeting.* A highly respectable and numerous meeting of the magistrates, a deputation from the medical gentlemen, the Corporation of the Poor, the Commissioners of Improvement, and other gentlemen, was held on Tuesday, (1 Nov., 1881,) to consider the steps neces- sary to be taken in this city, in compliance with the order in council, issued by the Government for the prevention of the Cholera morbus. The Right Worshipful the Mayor having taken the chair, the Lord Bishop offered every assistance in his power, and strongly recommended a previous arrangement of a