Midleton Board of Guardians IE CCCA BG/118
List of Items and Descriptions
1. Minute Books
BG/118/A
Midleton Board of Guardian Minute Books
Scope and Content: A record of meetings and decisions made by the board of guardians in administering the workhouse and poor relief generally. At meetings, administrative, financial, rates, and medical books were examined, officers’ reports and committee findings heard, correspondence read and considered, and applications for admission decided on. Matters arising with regard to the workhouse, staff, provisions, bills, rate collection, the Poor Law Commissioners/Local Government Board, and other issues, were also discussed. The minutes also include weekly statistics of admissions, discharges, and deaths in the workhouse, and of outdoor relief.
Date : December 1845 – April 1924
Level : Series
Extent : 107 volumes
1. 2. 3.
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31 Dec 1845 – 3 Jul 1847
Includes:
14 Jan 1846 Mr Griffith, Commissioner for the General Survey and Valuation of Ireland, requests books
11 Feb 1846 Cheque ordered to be drawn for payment of three year’s rent of the workhouse site to Lord Midleton . Resolved, that ‘stirabout’ [made with oatmeal] be substituted for potatoes for the paupers’ breakfasts 18 February 1846 Resolved, that the PLC’s attention be drawn to the Medical Officer’s statement that ‘the Children in the House are in a most deplorable state’, owing to the poor ventilation and construction of their apartments
1 Jul 1846 Letters from PLC regarding the erection of additional buildings, and the role of wardens
15 Jul 1846 Resolved, that Daniel O’Connell MP be asked to support the union’s claim for remission by parliament of the sum expended in building the workhouse, particularly in light of ‘the amount of destitution in all parts of
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