Tuesday 21st January 2025  

Quorn Local Government and Public Health

Here we can trace the history of local government in the village. We have subsections on the Local Board, which surprising for a relatively small village, evolved into an Urban District Council and which ultimately in 1936 became the Parish Council. The information is primarily taken from newspaper sources instead of minutes as the papers tended to report on the more interesting aspects of the meetings.

Public health was a matter of great concern for our forefathers and we can read with the benefit of a modern understanding of basic hygiene, the horrors of frequent infant mortality due to the recurring infectious diseases, often caused by terrible sanitary conditions.

		Medal re opening of Swithland Reservoir, Sept 1896 Where the medal came from The medal below was issued on the opening of Swithland ...... cont.
		Original Plans and Sections for Swithland Reservoir 1889/90 The pdf file below contains images of a large book (31 ins x 23 ins or 79cm x 57.5cm), ...... cont.
		Quorn Brook/Buddon Brook/River Lin - what’s in a name? The brook that flows from the Quorn parish boundary at Swithland Reservoir and passes ...... cont.
		Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official Guide This booklet ‘Rural District of Barrow upon Soar - Official Guide’ was published during ...... cont.
		A piped water supply for Quorn The pictures below are of water drain covers situated near to the Quorn House Lodge in ...... cont.

Total: 106 artefacts returned over 22 pages

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