Castletown Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/59
74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86.
2 Aug 1902 – 16 Jul 1903 13 Aug 1903 – 3 Nov 1904 15 Dec 1904 – 3 Dec 1906 10 Jan 1907 – 13 Jun 1907 27 Jun 1907 – 6 Aug 1908 20 Aug 1908 – 2 Sep 1909 16 Sep 1909 – 10 Nov 1910 24 Nov 1910 – 15 Feb 1912 29 Feb 1912 – 27 Mar 1913 10 Apr 1913 – 26 Mar 1914 9 Apr 1914 – 4 May 1916 18 May 1916 – 3 May 1917 31 May 1917 – 27 Jun 1918
87.
11 Jul 1918 – 13 Nov 1919
Minutes are in typescript. Ordinary minutes are followed by minutes of proceedings under the Medical Charities, Vaccination, and Dispensary Houses Acts. The workhouse buildings were taken over by military authorities for the accommodation of troops in September 1918. A Temporary Hospital Committee was set up to deal with the military and make arrangements for a temporary hospital. In the event, a separate temporary hospital was not required, as soldiers occupied the main workhouse, and inmates were transferred to the hospital. Minutes of meetings of this committee are present from 9 Sep to 12 Oct 1918.
Includes:
11 Jul 1918 Persons relieved in the workhouse: 37; outdoor relief: 76 persons
25 Jul 1918 LGB letter stating that ‘all fruit stones, including date stones, and hard nut shells are immediately required for an urgent war purpose’. Order granting three weeks ’ leave to the Sisters of Mercy, the master to procure a trained nurse from Cork during their absence. Order, in response to an LGB letter, stating that the union is not in a position to adopt the graded salaries scheme at present, but ‘as every necessary of life has advanced 100% and even more consequently the doctors just claims deserve to be met in some way, so they propose to allow Drs Lyne, Harrison and H ayes a war bonus of £15 each for the year 1918’. [Salaries of medical officers a recurring issue] 8 Aug 1918 LGB letter forwarding the report of their medical inspector, Dr Florence Dillon, on the workhouse infirmary and fever hospital, in which she notes many issues, such as that there is no convalescent ward or day rooms, that the fever hospital is in bad repair, and that the milk for infants is not sterilised. Resolution requesting ‘the British and American governments to remove the
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