Midleton Board of Guardians IE CCCA BG/118
officer.
24 Mar 1852 PLC letter sanctioning a gratuity for the schoolmaster ‘in consequence of the favourable character of the report made by the inspector of National Schools’.
31 Mar 1852 Resolution directed at rate collectors, stressing that ‘the present state of our funds absolutely require the greatest diligence on their part ’.
2 Jun 1852 PLC letter regarding the eviction of 17 families in Ballyannon townland without the required notice. The relieving officer of the district is to report to the Board. 7 Jul 1852 Letter to PLC regarding deductions for annuities and the consequent need to strike a large rate, in the context of ‘the potato blight which has appeared in a very aggravated form in this union’. The letter notes ‘the impression universally prevalent, that the greater portion of the annuities will be remitted to the countr y’.
13. 14. 15.
Missing Missing
3 Aug 1853 – 4 Jan 1854
This and subsequent minute books contain, following the ordinary minutes, supplemental pages for minutes under the Medical Charities Act. In later volumes, the Vaccination Acts and Dispensary Houses Act are also referred to.
Includes:
3 Aug 1853 Letter to PLC asking whether the Board is permitted to supplement an insufficient sum of money sent by a mother to allow her two boys to join her in New York, thus removing ‘perhaps a lasting charge on the union’. 28 Sep 1853 Resolved (under the Medical Charities Act), that sanitary committees be formed by the dispensary committees in each dispensary district, to carry out the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act. 5 Oct 1853 Resolved, that lands adjoining the workhouse, presently held by Dr Barry and owned by Lord Midleton, be leased for ‘sanitary purposes’ [sewerage and manure]. 9 Nov 1853 Resolved (under the Medical Charities Act), that proper arrangements be made ‘in consequence of the ap pearance of cholera in the neighbourhood of Aghada’. 4 Jan 1854 Letter to PLC explaining why juvenile inmates are not employed on the farm, which the Board wish to give up, seeking instead to take land nearer the workhouse.
16. 17.
Missing
29 Nov 1854 – 9 May 1855
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