Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, [July 1916] Letters 1916-1923 Joseph Slevin

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A letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council in July 1916, concerning the drainage and sanitary arrangements for some houses in Longford. Joseph Slevin (b.1856) was the Town Surveyor for Longford. The Longford Urban District Council was the towns local authority and was renamed the Longford Town Council in 2002.

 Longford County Archives Service Longford Urban District Council, LUDC-1-3-1916-8-8 https://letters1916.ie/item/956 English Joseph Slevin 1916-07 Co. Longford, Ireland Longford Urban District Council, Co. Longford, Ireland Male Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 Mr. Chairman & Gentlemen I inspected the drainage and sanitary arrangements at the back of houses on St. Joseph's Road, Mr. Farthy's house etc. I found (a) the drain pipe not self- cleaning (b) joints not pointed in cement. (c) that the pipe has been broken in several places and not sealed up afterwards (d) where the pipes pass through the dwelling house the floor has been broken and not properly repaired. There seems to be no disconnecting trap or proper ventilating shaft. The paving of yard and channel is very open and bad, the closets and pit are very near back doors. Fowl are kept in boxes quite near each back door and the place seems very congested Your obdt. servant Joseph Slevin Co. Longford, Ireland Letter from Workmen of the Urban Council to the Longford Urban District, 30 March 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, 2 May 1916Letter from John Nevin to the Longford Urban District, 2 May 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, [July 1916]Letter from James P Farrell to the Longford Urban District Council, 8 August 1916Letter from J.W. Russell to Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1916 Longford Urban District Council, Co. Longford, Ireland Letter from John Nevin to the Longford Urban District Council [December 1915]Letter from Workmen of the Urban Council to the Longford Urban District, 30 March 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, 2 May 1916Letter from John Nevin to the Longford Urban District, 2 May 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, [July 1916]Letter from Alexander Richard Barlas to the Longford Urban District Council, 28 July 1916Letter from James P Farrell to the Longford Urban District Council, 8 August 1916 Joseph Slevin Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council [December 1915]Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, 2 May 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, 4 July 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, [July 1916]Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, [August 1916]Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, 8 December 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, 3 July 1916Letter from Joseph Slevin to the Longford Urban District Council, 8 August 1916