Bantry Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/43
Collins on the prevention of contagious diseases by the effectual ventilation of the lower classes’.
11 Apr 1848 Bills submitted by Bantry and Berehaven Relief Committees considered, the vice guardians informing the PLC that ‘they don’t think they would be able to allocate any money towards the payment of these bills’. 9 May 1848 Letter from Michael Enright, PP, Castletown, asking the vice guardians to join him in applying to the Central Relief Committee for a loan or grant ‘in view of ‘the widespread misery that prevails in his wretched locality... many deaths are occurring from starvation’. Resolution accepting an offer of the Emigration Commissioners, and stating that the master will select qualified inmates before the next board day.
16 May 1848 Letter to PLC regarding a loan of £1000 received from the British Relief Association.
30 May 1848 Resolved, ‘that the several relieving officers be dire cted to give outdoor relief in money and not in kind in consequence of the numerous complaints respecting the quality of the Indian meal, weight, & co’. 4 Jul 1848 Order urging relieving officers to send able-bodied applicants to work with Mr Gillman, Drainage Inspector, rather than sending them to the workhouse. Reference is also made to ‘parties holding land, none of whose family can be admitted into the house if the head of it has anything, and then the wife and children under 5 only, since the others can get an order for bread in the schools. The relieving officers must invariably explain that relief is by way of loan’. 25 Jul 1848 Sealed order, ‘directing that an additional workhouse should be built at Castletown Berehaven’, to hold 600 inmates, at a n estimated cost of £7300. 19 Sep 1848 Letter to PLC regarding a verdict attaching blame to a relieving officer in connection with the death of a woman ‘for not having afforded relief to the woman in sufficient time’. 7 Nov 1848 Letter from the Poor Law Boundary Commissioners ‘stating their intention to form a new union at Castletown Berehaven’. Letter to PLC reporting that, owing to pressure for admission, they have rented ‘the only two vacant stores in Bantry... one of them was lately occupied as a mili tary barrack, and the other was an auxiliary workhouse last winter’. They feel these may be used for accommodating boys and girls under 15.
21 Nov 1848 Total inmates: 1875. Out door relief: 4751 persons.
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