27th August 1926 - Correspondence - Health of the District

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Correspondence

The Health of the District

To the Editor, Buntingford Gazette

Dear Sir - 

Having read the report on the Buntingford Rural District by Dr R.A. Dunn (Medical Officer of Health for this portion of Hertfordshire), which I consider should be made widely known in the district, it seems that Buntingford is actually one of the healthiest parts of the county.

The death rate for the year is very low, being only 61 (namely 12.3 per 1000), of whom 39 were of persons over 65 years of age, and of these 16 were actually over 80 years of age - figures which speak for themselves.

As regards Housing, it compares very favourably with other parts of the county. According to the last census, the number of rooms per person was person was 1.35, as compared with 1.27 for the whole county.

I certainly think that these figures should be made widely known, and that if only the L&N.E. Railway Co. gave better facilities in the way of cheaper weekend and daily excursion tickets it would no doubt be of considerable benefit to the district, as it would cause a larger number of visitors to come more frequently.

Yours faithfully,

Albert J. Hayes

25 Aug., 1926.

20th August 1926 - Correspondence

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To the Editor, Buntingford Gazette

Dear Sir - 

In company with many other residents in the north end of the town I am wondering for how much longer we are to be deprived of the privilege of posting our letters without the necessity of taking them down to the head office?

It is to be hoped that the publicity given in your paper (for which I thank you in anticipation) will have the effect of waking up the authorities, whose dilatory methods are open to severe criticism.

Yours faithfully,

Frank White.

11th March 1927 - Correspondence

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To the Editor, Buntingford Gazette.

Incorporated Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmens' Help Society

Dear Sir,

We are anxious to make known in the County, that the Hertfordshire Branch of the Incorporated Soldiers', Sailors', and Airmens' Help Society, is being revived and put in working order.

The existence of the many organizations which the necessities of the war called into being, such as the United Services Fund, British Legion, Red Cross Emergency Fund, &c., might naturally suggest that the activities of the older society were no longer needed.

Careful enquiry, however, shows that this is not so, and those who deal with the applications for help find many cases among

(1) Serving soldiers and sailors in distress,

(2) Ex-Service men who have seen no War Service or who had enlisted since the War,

which do not come under the Rules of these other Funds and cannot be helped by them, and for which the care of the Soldiers and Sailors Help Society is indispensable, if the County organization is to be complete.

This Society aims at having a representative for each town or village to advise these men, to help get them employment or to put them in touch with other agencies which may be able to help them.

The importance of co-operation with the other Ex-service Organizations is fully recognised, and whenever it is possible it is hoped that the local representatives of the other Societies may be willing to represent the Soldiers and Sailors Help Society, also, as to concentrate the work for soldiers under one head, and to prevent any danger of overlapping.

We hope that this short account of the reasons for the revival of the work of the Society may show that experience has proved its necessity, and that the interest and assistance of all those who care for the welfare and comfort of Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in Hertfordshire may be extended towards making the Society as useful in the future as it was in the past.

All information as to Local Representatives can be obtained from the Hon. Sec., Miss Dorothy Newsam, The Red Cottage, Broxbourne.

Hampden, Alice Salisbury.

March, 1927.

12th Feb 1926 - Letters

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Buntingford Nursing Association

Dear Sir,

The Committee and Treasurer of the Buntingford and District Nursing Association tender their most grateful thanks to Miss Lushington for all the trouble she has taken in getting up the whist drive, and also to the very many who so willingly helped her.

£8 5. has been added to the funds, which is most acceptable.

12th Feb 1926 - Personal

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The receipt of a counterfeit cheque for £102 1s. 2d. is acknowledged. If cashed the money will be used to provide playthings for the weak-minded.

- SOVIETSKY.

Feb. 11th, 1926.

5th Feb 1926 - Letters

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Dear Sir,

Lovers of cats will deplore the fact that many of these animals meet their death through being caught in rabbit snares. The black cat, referred to in last week's "Gazette," who was trapped in a snare for nine days, was lucky to escape. 

Several cats have been lost from Norfolk Road and Newtown, and the name of one person connected with the loss of a grey tabby cat is known. 

It is stated that the skins of the animals are worth from 1/6, and this may account for the disappearance of some of our cats.

There will be trouble for one gentleman before long.

Yours faithfully,

"Fluff".