Cork Board of Guardians IE CCCA/BG/69
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List of Items and Descriptions
1. Minute Books
BG/69/A
Board of Guardians Minute Books
Scope and Content: A record of proceedings, decisions, orders, and reports made and received by the board of guardians in administering Cork Union and the workhouse in particular; such as, statistical tables of admissions, births, discharges and deaths, no. of sick inmates etc. in the workhouse on a weekly basis; reports of officers, securing and payment for supplies, staff appointments and pay. The first books are purely manuscript , with a semi-printed ‘ form type ’ minute book being introduced from c 1845. Later volumes have, in general, more pages, but often contain more blank entries and less detailed information.
Date : June 1841 – April 1924
Level : Series
Extent : 153 vols. (Each volume is c.300 – 600pp in size).
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4 Jun 1839 – 12 Jul 1841
Includes: Guardians meeting at House of Industry, list of those present (p1)
Adoption of bye laws ‘to ensure the regularity and order in proceedings ‘of the Board, such as ‘That every Guardian when he desires to speak, shall stand up and address the chairman, and at all other times ob serve strict silence…’ (p 2) Order from Poor Law Commission that the House of Industry would be the
workhouse for Cork Union, until the new workhouse is built (p93) Official classifications/d escriptions of the ‘destitute poor’ (p94)
Managing Committee report that classification of inmates is complete (p159) Finance Committee recommend payments for supplies, such as for bread, potatoes, coals, milk, religious books, hardware etc. (p200) State of the House on 19 Oct 1840, numbers of births, admissions, discharges, and deaths etc. Total balance of 1505 inmates (p258) Ordered that inmates Sarah Hardiman and Catherine Donovan ‘…be confined in the Black Hole for 48 hours during the day for coming into the House after liberty in a state of in toxication…’ (p.312) Report of the chaplains of the Workhouse, noting that the classification of paupers
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