Northam: The Local Board met at Appledore on Saturday. There was a large attendance. A letter having been read from the Medical Department of the Privy Council, stating the Dr. Thorne, the Sanitary Inspector purposed visiting the district in order to ascertain the cause of the high death-rate from preventable diseases, it was resolved that the officers of the Board afford Dr. Thorne all the information he may require and that the Clerk give the members notice when the Inspector is ready with his report. Mr. Pynsent, in accordance with previous notice, moved that a temporary hospital be provided for the reception of persons suffering from fever and other infectious diseases and for the removal thereto of all those who are without proper lodging accommodation, which was seconded by Mr. Gordon, but only the mover and seconder voted for it, and it was therefore lost. …
[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 3rd March 1871 and Western Times: Tuesday 28th February 1871]
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Referenced
GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887