Local Board of Health Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Local Board of Health Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Local Board of Health Committee; 1850-1872

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1850-1872

      History

      The corporation petitioned for the 1848 Public Health Act to be applied to York, and took over public health responsibilites from the city commissioners in 1850. The Board was not part of the corporation, but its members were appointed by and often members of, the corporation.
      Gained functions from city commissioners in 1850. Merged with the corporation and functions transferred to Urban Sanitary Committee when the council became the urban sanitary authority in 1872.

      Places

      Legal status

      Enabled by 1848 Public Health Act, 11 & 12 Vict c.63

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Responsible for public health including including drainage, water closets, gas inspection, hackney carriages, paving, street lighting, inspection of nuisances.

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      The corporation petitioned for the 1848 Public Health Act to be applied to York, and took over public health responsibilites from the city commissioners in 1850. The Board was not part of the corporation, but its members were appointed by and often members of, the corporation.

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Urban Sanitary Committee (1872-1901)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB0192-121

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Urban Sanitary Committee is the successor of Local Board of Health Committee

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      City Commissioners (1826-1850)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB0192-115

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      City Commissioners is the predecessor of Local Board of Health Committee

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Occupations

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      GB0192-118

      Institution identifier

      GB0192

      Rules and/or conventions used

      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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          Sources

          VCH York, JBM How York Governs Itself, BC 16/1, BC 17/1

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