Bantry Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/43
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28 Nov 1848 – 11 Sep 1849
Vice guardians continued to administer the Union throughout this period. The volume is indexed.
Includes:
28 Nov 1848 Total inmates: 2131. Out door relief: 5013 persons.
12 Dec 1848 Resolved, ‘that in future we give money to paupers receiving out door relief in the electoral division of Kilcaskin, and that the amount be at the rate of 8 pence for each adult and 4 pence for each child under 10 years of age’; Resolved, that meetings be held in the next week at Adrigole, Cluin, Castletown and Eyeries ‘to examine the outdoor relief lists’. 6 Feb 1849 Vice guardians’ letter to PLC stating that the treasurer cannot make advances on their overdrawn account, and that they will not be able to pay outdoor relief on next Saturday. They explain they are not responsible for this ‘sad and deplorable state of things’, noting that have made every effort to collect the rates. They appeal for aid, adding that workhouse relief must also be discontinued without it, as the contractors now insist on weekly payment.
17 Apr 1849 Letter from the Central Board of Health directing that a fever hospital be set up in Castletown.
1 May 1849 Total inmates: 2704 [stated accommodation available: 1800]; Out door relief: 10284 persons.
12 Jun 1849 Medical officer’s report stating that there has been an ou tbreak of cholera, and that owing to ‘the debilitated constitutions of those attacked’, mortality is high, with 22 of 55 cases so far proving fatal. 4 Sep 1849 Letter to PLC regarding the prosecution for fraud of James O’Sullivan, late relieving officer, he ‘having charged relief to several persons which he never gave them’.
11 Sep 1849 Total inmates: 1273. Out door relief: 865 persons.
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Missing [See BG/43/AA/3 below]
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