Kinsale workhouse Board of Guardians (BG108)

Kinsale Board of Guardians IE CCCA/BG/108

31.

5 Dec 1867 – 26 Nov 1868

Contains, following ordinary minutes, supplemental sheets for recording proceedings under the Medical Charities Act and the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts 1848 and 1849. These include reports of the number of successful vaccinations carried out by the medical officers of dispensary districts.

Includes:

12 Dec 1867 Motion to rescind permission given to the Master allowing his children to reside in the workhouse defeated.

6 Feb 1868 Notice of motion, ‘that in consequence of the great number of children now in the house, and the consequent impossibility of the schoolmistress attending to them all, a temporary assistant be appointed to look after the boys’, there being 60 boys in the school. 26 Mar 1868 Selection of chairman and of members of the Finance and Visiting Committee and ex officio members of the Committees of Management of Dispensary Districts for the year ending 25 March 1869. 7 May 1868 Resolved, that the management committees of dispensary districts also be committees under the Sewage Utilisation Act, the Nuisance Removal Act, and the Diseases Prevention Act. 20 Aug 1868 Letter from Charles Gray Jones, Inspecting Commander, who is charged by the Government to collect information regarding ‘the wants and habits of the Kinsale fishermen’. He requests ‘statistical facts… such as the number of fishermen rece iving relief at certain periods’.

10 Sep 1868 Clerk directed to advertise for six months’ supply of articles such as boiling milk, bread, meat, candles, blankets, and shoes [a recurring item].

29 Oct 1868 Resolved, that a deaf mute from the Union who was sent three years ago to the Cabra Deaf and Dumb Institution, Dublin, be continued there for six months more and no longer.

26 Nov 1868 John Clerk, scripture reader, allowed enter the workhouse hospital ‘for the purpose of attending the protestant paupers and catechising them’.

32. – 68.

Missing

69. 70.

5 Dec 1888 – 21 Aug 1889 28 Aug 1889 – 15 May 1890

71. – 74.

Missing

75. 76. 77.

23 Jun 1892 – 15 Dec 1892 22 Dec 1892 – 15 Jun 1893 22 Jun 1893 – 14 Dec 1893

Cork City and County Archives 2011

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