Castletown workhouse Board of Guardians (BG59)

Castletown Board of Guardians

IE CCCA/BG/59

BG/59/AA

Board of Guardians Rough Minute Books

Scope and Content: Draft record of meetings and decisions made by the board of guardians. BG/59/AA/1 and 2 , although marked as a ‘Rough Minute Book s ’, cover the dates of two missing volumes of formal minutes (BG/59/A/31and 61 above), and are printed and completed in a similar manner to formal minutes. It seems likely that the present volumes represent the principal set of minutes kept for these periods.

Date : 30 Sep 1875 – 23 Mar 1876; 15 Mar 1894 – 16 Aug 1894

Level : Series

Extent : 2 volumes

1. 2.

30 Sep 1875 – 23 Mar 1876 [see BG/59/A/31 above] 15 Mar 1894 – 16 Aug 1894 [see BG/59/A/61 above]

BG/59/AJ

Castletown Dispensary District Minute Books

Scope and Content: Minutes of meetings of the committee of management of the Castletown Dispensary District. Acting under the supervision of the board of guardians, the committee was responsible for district dispensary services and oversaw district medical officers, midwives, and relieving officers. The committee generally met fortnightly, at the workhouse boardroom. Quarterly, o fficers’, and other reports were submitted to the board of guardians. Also submitted were resolutions passed, requisitions for medicines and other requirements, and matters arising requiring the board’s sanction (e.g. premises, staff, individual relief cases).The committee also examined the books kept by the medical officer. The main dispensary was in Castletown, and for most of its existence was housed within the workhouse buildings. The district also had dispensaries in Adrigole and on Bere Island, which the medical officer generally attended one day each week. These were also used by relieving officers and midwives.

Includes:

10 Mar 1853 Resolved, ‘that the following class of persons be considered as unfit subjects for medical relief: 1 All parties deriving pay from the crown; 2 Farmers having four cows or more; 3 Farmers having less than four cows but known to have other means, such as money or employment; 4 Tradesmen while having employment; 5 Servants in gentlemen’s employ; 6 Shopkeepers, publicans, and butchers’.

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