Hi Debbie
Powys-L does include coverage of Breconshire.
USD - I believe in this context it means Urban Sanitary District
'Cronicl Powys' issue 38 (Aug 96) carried an article 'Damp Housing and
Scarlet Feaver: The Work of a C19 Medical Officer' by member Rob Adams.
It states:
Rural sanitary authorities were created by the Public Health Act 1872 which
was itself the outcome of a royal commission that had reported the previous
year. The commission found that such public health administration as there
was in rural areas was confused and very poorly implemented, often to the
point of non-existence. It was recommended that a uniform system of public
health be imposed upon the whole country and that one single authority in
each locality should discharge this function. This authority was to have at
least one medically or scientifically qualified officer of health.
The report's recommendations were implemented and as a result the boards of
guardians for poor law unions acquired functions as rural and urban sanitary
authorities.
Mike Hall
Editor, 'Cronicl Powys',
Powys FHS journal
Erwood, Powys.
micronic(a)hallmark.kc3ltd.co.uk
Web Site:
http://www.kc3ltd.co.uk/~micronic/
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie L Chambers (by way of Malcolm Bebb <bebb(a)embetech.demon.co.uk>)
<dcquilter(a)juno.com>
To: POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com <POWYS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: beginner
Hello - I am a complete beginner who has recently joined this list.
I
just want to be sure I am on the correct list for what I am researching!
I'm trying to find out about my husband's family in Wales - all I have is
a copy of his grandfather's birth certificate, which says:
Father: Rees David Wood
Mother: Mary Jane Norris Wood
Bedlenton Norris Wood, born Feb.9, 1890
Mountain Cottage (would that be the name of their home?)
Dukestown, Tredegar, USD (what does USD stand for?)
Registration District - Crickhowell
County of Brecon, Subdistrict - Llangunider
I'm not at all familiar with Wales so would appreciate it if someone
would tell me if I'm on the right list! Thanks very much! Debbie