Castletown Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/59
15 Mar 1850 Requested, that relieving officers ‘keep a sharp look out’ for ‘paupers receiving outdoor relief’ who are also ‘in th e habit of going about the country and demanding aid from ratepayers in the way of alms’. 28 Mar 1850 Noted, proposed adjourned meeting not held on this day ‘in consequence of the severity of the weather which rendered impossible the attendance of the two guardians resident in Bere Island, and the absence of another at the Cork assizes’.
5 Apr 1850 PLC letter sanctioning the appointment of a separate relieving officer for Bere Electoral Division.
19 Apr 1850 Resolutions appointing a medical officer to the auxiliary workhouse, and doctors as vaccinators for the various EDs. Resolved, ‘that for the future we decline advertising in any of the Cork papers... we consider that handbills posted in this town and in Bantry will be sufficient’. [See also 10 May 1850]
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17 May 1850 – 3 Jan 1851
To t he ‘State of the Workhouse’ returns preceding the minutes a note is added breaking down numbers of inmates between Bantry and Castletown workhouses. E.g., in the return for 11 May 1850, of the 576 inmates, 95 are noted to be inmates of Castletown, 481 of Bantry. In the return for 13 July 1850, the following note is added, referring to the figure of 934 stated as the number of inmates for whom accommodation is provided: ‘This no is 2/5 of 2336 the amt of accommodation at present at the disposal of the Bantry board of guardians. The no at their disposal on the date of the ‘Reservation Order’ was 1800, but I think this union is entitle d to 2/5 of the former no’. Returns after this date note accommodation reserved for Castletown paupers in Bantry, the accommodation in the temporary workhouse at Castletown, and the numbers (of Castletown inmates) in each building [top left corner of the return; see 12 Jul 1850]. The new Castletown workhouse was declared on 18 December 1850, but the final inmates from Bantry workhouse were not transferred until February 1851 [See 3 Jan 1851 and BG/59/A/3 below, and BG/43 Bantry Board of Guardians]
Includes:
24 May 1850 Letter from a former rate collector of the Bantry union r egarding the PLC’s refusal to sanction his appointment to the Castletown union. He explains the circumstances relating to the grounds of their objection, namely that he ‘retained money in hands on two occasions’. Resolved, that Mr Lloyd, PLC inspector, be asked to select for admittance to the temporary workhouse 150 paupers of the union who are presently in Bantry workhouse. [On Lloyd’s death, see 26 Jun 1850]
5 Jul 1850 Master’ s report, setting forth ‘the general insubordination and disrespectful line of conduct pursued by the matron towards him for some
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