An
Illustrated lecture by County Archivist; Joanne Rothwell
Forthcoming lecture with the wonderful ‘romantic’ title "From the
Cradle to the Grave”: The Work of the Sanitary Officer. And who better to
deliver this talk than the County Archivist, Miss Joanne Rothwell. For those of
you who have recovered from William’s talk last month, be prepared to be
dragged further into our murky past, when our poor ancestors scraped out an existence
in order to survive…well, some of them did! But then, along came the Sanitary
Officer…
Improvements in the survival rates of people in Ireland in the 19th and
20th centuries owes much to the work of the
Sanitary Officers appointed to oversee a huge range of issues from clean water;
diseases and control of infections; hospital accommodation; bath-houses;
slaughter-houses; lodging houses; schools, mortuaries and burial grounds. Every aspect of life from the cradle to the grave came under their remit and the
records of the work of the sanitary officers are often one of the only places
we can glimpse the lives of ordinary people struggling to survive. In this talk
the Archivist will give people a chance to explore a little of what life was
like in sometimes gross and gory detail.
Venue: Dungarvan
Harbour Sailing Club on Davitts Quay
Date: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Time: 8 p.m.
Admission: €5.00
As
always, all are welcome. Be Early!