Mallow Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/116
the objection… would apply with greater force to the admission of members of their families’.
9 Sep 1842 Res olved, ‘that the schools of the house be placed under the superintendence of the Board of National Education’.
23 Sep 1842 Resolved, that the board view as unjust the liability placed on them for a sum of £451 17s [relating to the debt of the late House of Industry in Cork] , adding ‘being now subjected to provide for this excess is well calculated to create distrust in the general administration of the Irish PR Act’. Resolved, ‘that paupers on the day of admission receive ¾ lb bread as their only ration’. 7 Oct 1842 Resolved, that a pauper ‘being guilty of insubordina tion and violence to the doctor and master and in the habit of using obscene language, be confined in the refractory ward for 24 hours and placed on an allowance of ¾ lb of bread and water’.
13 Feb 1843 Letter from the Royal Hospital of Chelsea regarding a pensioner of the 30 th Foot, his wife and child having been inmates of the house.
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23 Apr 1847 – 7 Apr 1848
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7 May 1847 Captain Flood, Government Inspector, states that the board is relieved from responsibility with respect to carrying out measures under the Temporary Fever Relief Act [fever hospital provision and the role of the relief committee a recurring subject (see also, eg, 28 May, 29 Oct and 3 Dec 1847)]; Resolved, ‘that from total want of funds to carry on the workhouse... it is absolutely necessary to raise £1500’ , PLC sanction to pay interest and to repay the loan out of the next rate is therefore requested; Order, ‘the following persons were ordered to be discharged not being proper objects of relief’. [List includes 39 names and 18 unnamed children] 6 Aug 1847 Letter from Secretary of the Board of National Education noting that its inspector has reported that the workhouse school has been closed since 1 Oct 1846 ‘owing to the crowded state of the house and prevalence of fever and other diseases’; PLC letter forwarding the attorney general’s opinion on questions relating to the chargeability of inmates arising out of the Irish Poor Relief Extension Act. 9 Aug 1847 Special meeting to appoint rel ieving officers to the Union’s eight districts: Mallow; Monanimmy, Clenor, and Rahan; Kilshanick [Kilshannig]; Caherduggan and Doneraile; Liscarroll and Churchtown; Buttevant and Imphrick; Ballyclough; Ballinamona.
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