Bantry Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/43
116.
12 Nov 1918 – 28 Oct 1919
Includes:
12 Nov 1918 Total inmates: 71. Out door relief: 40 persons.
18 Mar 1919 Master’s and night nurse’s reports of a violent incident in the male infirmary ward.
12 Oct 1919 Total inmates: 61. Out door relief: 59 persons. Letter from military h eadquarters stating ‘it is very necessary for us to obtain as much accommodation as possible in the workhouse at Bantry during the forthcoming winter for the accommodation of troops’. Resolved, to approve of handing over the fever hospital as arranged by union officials and the LGB inspector. 28 Oct 1919 Resolved, that the board refuses to transact any further business until the board room is returned to them. The LGB is blamed for failing ‘to carry out the arrangement with regard to the military occupation of the workhouse arranged by their inspector on behalf of the military with this board at last meeting’. Disruption s to the nuns working in the fever hospital, to the schoolroom, and to the boardroom are cited.
117.
11 Nov 1919 – 24 Nov 1920
Includes:
25 Nov 1919 Letter from Mother Superior, Convent of Mercy, Bantry, setting forth the salaries and allowances of sisters working in the workhouse (matron, schoolmistress, two nurses, cook), and stating that these are ‘altogether insufficient… owing to the abnormal price of foodstuffs’. [First meeting held in boardroom since the military occupation] 18 Aug 1920 Master’s report stating that ‘the main building was now taken over by the military authorities… and that all the inmates were now in the infirmary a nd fever hospital in a very congested state’. He notes ‘the sisters are of opinion that things cannot go on under present conditions’. He also submits a letter from Mrs Leigh-White regarding the use of Bantry House for the inmates. She expresses willingnes s to assist but explains ‘I am no longer entirely my own mistress in matters concerning the Bantry estate’. 24 Nov 1920 Report of committee ‘appointed in connection with taking over Bantry House and the transfer of patients & co from Bantry workhouse ther eto’. The report notes that ‘practically all the workhouse inmates have been put out or transferred to other unions’ and recommendations are made for the reduction of staff and other economies. [Total inmates: 39. Out door relief: 79 persons]
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