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Scavenging and Crematory report for May, 1919

A report from J.H. Pearson, Chief Health Inspector, to the Health Committee on scavenging and crematory operations for May, 1919. It records ammounts of refuse removed and cremated, dollars spent, and other statistics. There is also a comparison to May, 1918.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

List of applicants to Health Department

A letter from the Clerk of the Health Committee to J.H. Pearson, Chief Health Inspector, listing people who had applied for jobs after the General Strike had begun.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

List of applicants to Health Department

A letter from the Clerk of the Health Committee to the Committee on Finance, listing people who had applied for jobs in the Health Department after the General Strike had begun.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

List of applicants to Health Department

A list of applicants for positions in the Health Department and the status of their employment after having signed their applications. Many either left quickly after starting or did not show up.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Report on Dairy Inspection for June, 1919

A report submitted to A.J. Douglas, Chief Health officer, regarding dairy inspection for the month of June, 1919. It is noted that, due to the General Strike, special inspections and deliveries were made in cooperation with the Food Committee.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Report of the Department of Health for 1919

Annual report of the Department of Health for the year 1919. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influenza” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.

Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare

J.H. Blackwood to Retail and Wholesale Clerks Association regarding charity sale for women displaced by General Strike

A letter from J.H. Blackwood, Secretary of the Public Parks Board, to N. Shaw, President of the Retail and Wholesale Clerks Association, regarding a request by the latter to use Kildonan Park to sell food and drinks to benefit women whom the strike left unemployed.

Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Parks and Recreation

J.H. Blackwood to Park Constable regarding loyalty pledge

A letter from J.H. Blackwood, secretary of the Public Parks Board, to D.C. White, Assiniboine Park Constable, informing him of the Park Board’s decision requiring him, as an employee, to sign a loyalty pledge (sometimes called the “Slave Pact”) stating that he will not engage in strike action.

Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Parks and Recreation

Memo regarding Strike and Robson Investigation

Memo from G. Champion, Superintendent of the Public Parks Board, to Theo. A. Hunt, City Solicitor, containing information for the Robson investigation into the General Strike, including information on re-employment, intimidation, and causes of the strike.

Winnipeg (Man.). Board of Parks and Recreation

Notice of strike to City Dairy Company

A note sent by N. Shaw on behalf of E. Matheson, of the Retail and Wholesale Clerks, Shippers, and Warehouse Men's Association Local 832, to City Dairy Company, Ltd., informing them that the Strike Committee has decided their creamery workers will go out on strike.

Winnipeg (Man.). Special Food Committee

Notice of strike to workers at City plant

A note sent by E.R. Cooper of the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers to Benjamin Fratkin, foreman of the City Dairy Company, Ltd. plant, informing him that the Strike Committee has decided workers from said plant will be going on strike.

Winnipeg (Man.). Special Food Committee

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