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Accounts
Subseries forms part of Poor Farm Records series and consists of general bills and receipts generated by the day-to-day operations of the Poor Farm. These records include bills and receipts related to farm supplies, groceries, maintenance, livestock, bedding, transportation, blacksmith, medical and funeral expenses.
Accounts
Subseries forms part of Public Health Records series and consists of bills and receipts regarding: removal of dead animals from roadside, Medical Health Officer, out-of-province institutions, transportation, examination, certification of mentally ill, inquests, summaries, posters, salaries, stipends, pharmacists, epidemic control and accounts with the Victoria General Hospital.
Animal Control records
Subseries forms part of Petitions series and consists of petitions from various parts of the Municipality requesting regulations for the control of farm animals within the districts. Also included are petitions requesting the construction of animal pounds and concerning bounties for the control of wild animals. Also included are counter petitions.
Applications
Subseries forms part of Municipality of Argyle Officers' and Employees' Records series and consists of applications by doctors to serve as physician to the Poor Farm in Argyle, applications by doctors for the position of Health Office, applications for Canadian Temperance Act Inspectors, and several other municipal positions.
Subseries forms part of Financial Records series and consists of records pertaining to joint expenditures with the Town of Wedgeport and the Municipality of Yarmouth. Joint expenditures with Wedgeport involved its use of the Argyle Poor Farm and payment to the Municipality for expenses. Joint expenditures with Yarmouth involved expenditures related to the use of the Yarmouth Court House, Registries of Deeds and Probate, and police services.
Subseries forms part of Public Health Records series and consists of reports compiled by the district Sanitary Inspectors on subjects such as contagious diseases, quarantined properties, and recommended courses of treatment. Also included are reports from the Municipal Medical Health Officer on contagious diseases, and disease control. Reports also dealt with school closures and epidemics. The Medical Health Officer often dealt with the Poor Farm and reported on this. Mentioned within these reports are the duties of the Public Health Nurse.
Correspondence
Subseries forms part of Public Health Records series and consists of correspondence between the Health Office and the Office of Public Charities regarding Mount Hope Asylum; Hospital for the Insane; Hospital for the Blind; various physicians; Department of Public Health; and correspondence with the Provincial Secretary.