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.
A report by the Health Department, Communicable Diseases Division for June, 1919, submitted to A.J. Douglas, Medical Health Officer. Statistics are listed for various diseases and the operational difficulties caused by the General Strike are addressed.
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.
Correspondences and reports to and from the Committee on Public Health, the City's Health Department, and others related to housing within the City Winnipeg.
An album of photographs taken by the Public Health Department tracking the outbreak of typhoid from 1905 to 1908 (though at least 1 photograph is from 1909). Photos consist of box closets and the condition of residences .
Annual reports of the Department of Health for the years 1917-1921. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influezna” 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.
Handwritten timeline and miscellaneous notes about the history of Winnipeg municipal elections from 1882 to 1937, presumably written by the City Clerk or someone within the City Clerk's Department. Includes a small number of inserts (documents, newspaper articles) amidst the handwritten notes.
A bound collection of communications sent by the Parks Board to various recipients between December, 1918, and May, 1920. A recipient index is attached in the back. Individual pages are on thin, semi-transparent paper.
Contains several requests to replace, return, or hand out new special constable badges that gave certain City staff such as inspectors their authority. Note that this does not include the Special Police Constables used during the General Strike.
Correspondence related to a request by J.G. Glassco, Manager of the Light and Power Department, that those staff in his department that continued to work during the strike be paid overtime.
Job applications to various City departments, many of which were submitted during the General Strike and feature the Slave Pact that required City employees to agree not to take strike action.
Correspondence related to a request by W.P. Brereton, City Engineer, that those staff in his department that continued to work during the strike be paid overtime.
A letter from C.J. Brown, City Clerk, to the Committee on Finance, informing them that the Committee on Health has given the Chief Health Inspector full power to increase the wages of garbage collectors if needed during the strike.