Committee on Public Health and Welfare
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- 1874-1971
Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)
Forms part of Fonds 1. The duties of the Committee on Public Health and Welfare were: to consider and report to Council on matters pertaining to public health, sanitation, licensing, public markets and weigh houses, comfort stations, and some library matters; to report to Council on the work of the Health Department after its formation in 1900; to act as an agent for the Dominion and/or Provincial governments; to liaise with agencies outside of Winnipeg that received or provided services; and to assist persons on social assistance to find employment.
The minutes, communications and reports of the Committee on Public Health and Welfare and the City of Winnipeg Health Department trace decision making, program administration and fiscal accountability of the City for the provision of services under Committee jurisdiction.
The records consist of three sub-series:
Sub-Series 1:Minutes, 1876-1971
Sub-Series 2:Committee on Public Health and Welfare Communications, 1874-1971. Files arranged variously in chronological or file number order.
Sub-Series 3:Reports, Monthly and Annual, Health Department, 1908-1968.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare
