[70a] A letter from the secretary of the Central Board was received, enclosing an order of the Lords of the Privy Council, appointing a Board of Health at Plympton St. Mary. Notice was given for a meeting of the parishioners, on the 22nd.
[70b] Board of Health, Plympton St. Mary, legally constituted August 18th, 1832:—George Strode, Esq., Newnham Park; Richard Rosdew, Esq., Beechwood; Capt. Woollcombe, R.N., Hemerdon; Henry Hele Treby, Esq., Goodamoor; George William Soltau, Esq., Efford; Augustus Granville Stapleton, Esq., St. Mary’s Hill, Ridgeway; Rev. Edward Beauchamp St. John, Underwood; Robert Langworthy, Esq.; Benjamin Crocker, Esq., Rose Cottage, Ridgeway; Mr. Delville, Underwood; Mr. Pearse, Mr. Cork, Mr. Day, Mr. Worth, Mr. Pollard, Mr. Hilson, Mr. Yolland, Mr. Willing, Mr. Olver, Mr. Brewer; William I. Coppard, Chairman.
[72] Mr. Richard Langworthy was at the time a student in medicine, and came to assist his relation soon after the cholera began to spread at Underwood.
[83] According to notice, duly given, a meeting of the parishioners was held on this day, in the Vestry-room, at the Church; present, Mr. Richard Worth, Mr. Wm. Delville. “Resolved, That this meeting be adjourned from the Vestry-room in the Church, to the Plymouth Inn, Ridgeway; some of the Parishioners having objected to meet in the Vestry-room in the Church, or in the room at the Workhouse, where vestry meetings have hitherto been held, on account of apprehension of danger of infection from the cholera.” The meeting was adjourned accordingly.
William I. Coppard, Chairman.
“An adjourned meeting of the parishioners was held on this day, at the Plymouth Inn, Ridgeway; present, George Strode, Esq., William Langmead, Esq., George William Soltau, Esq., B. Crocker, Esq., Mr. J. Yolland, Mr. William Delville, Mr. Worth, Mr. Willing, Mr. Joseph Pearse, Mr. Brewer. Resolved, That a Board of Health having been regularly appointed in the parish, under the authority of the Lords of H.M. most honourable Privy Council, in compliance with the proposition of the Board, the sum of twenty pounds be paid to the order of the chairman of the said Board, for the purpose of meeting the present expenses of the Board.”
William I. Coppard, Chairman.
[85a] The clergyman of Plympton St. Maurice, having sickness in his family, requested me to visit some of his parishioners whenever I had an opportunity.
[85b] Mr. Deeble Boger was present in several of the worst cases of cholera, in the town of Plympton; and his benevolent and active exertions contributed materially to mitigate the sufferings of the afflicted people.
[96] Susan Taylor subsequently married an honest and industrious labourer. They have five young children, and are living at Underwood at the present time.
[103] Represented on the left hand of the foreground, in the woodcut.