2020: DAY 64
FINAL WEEKLY REPORT OF BUREAUCRATIC ENDEAVOURS
MAY 20TH - MAY 26TH
6-10 Exeeter Place, Sydney, 1900 - Source: State Library of NSW
Register of Letters to the Colonial Secretary:
– May 22nd, From Secretary, Board of Health to coast Hospital; from Chief Medical Officer to Coast Hospital.
– May 25th, From Chief Medical Officer – refund of £1/6/- paid for taking walks (?) as a JP; from Public Service Board to Coast Hospital.
Extracts from the Minutes of the Board of Health
– May 22: Leave of absence for workers engaged on building at Quarantine Station given. To be allowed to leave on Saturday afternoon and return Monday morning;
– Citizens' Vigilance Committee requests Board of Health to authorize its officers to enter premises to inspect. Board of Health replies that it can only authorize persons who are under direct control of Board and directs them to approach Local Authorities.
NSW Govt. Gazette, 1900, Vol 2, Govt. Printer, 1900
Further extensions of scheduled areas – and release and rescission of earlier scheduled areas.
Register of Deaths
Between May 20th & May 26th, there are 6 deaths from Bubonic Plague – 4 men (William Docksey, 27, James Munn, 31, Andrew O’Young, 26 and Edward Edney, 47), 1 youth (William Cooper, 17) and a 4 year old boy (Lawrence George C. Plant) – a 40% reduction on the numbers for the previous three weeks.