Macroom Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/115
Association, ‘that Irish made drugs be advertised for’.
23 Feb 1907 Letter from the workhouse medical officer in response to two charges made against him, and referring to ‘the unfriendly disposition shown towards me from time to time by the master’. Explanation approved.
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9 Mar 1907 – 10 Aug 1907 Gap 6 Mar 1909 – 24 Jul 1909 Gap 19 Feb 1910 – 9 Jul 1910 Gap 2 May 1914 – 3 Oct 1914 17 Oct 1914 – 17 Apr 1915 Gap 8 Nov 1919 – 24 Apr 1920
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Ordinary minutes are followed by a sheet for proceedings under the Pauper Children (Ireland) Acts and Children Act, 1908; by tables for financial minutes and statistical minutes; and sheets for proceedings under the Medical Charities Acts. Includes: 8 Nov 1919 Total inmates: 67. Out door relief: 146 persons. LGB letter giving the ‘substance’ of the medical inspector’s report on the workhouse infirmary and fever hospital. [see 6 Dec: LG inspector’s report] LGB letter regarding admission of an illegitimate child, noting the auditor must ‘be satisfied that the expenditure on the maintenance of any inmate is lawful and justifiable’. [See also 6 Dec] LGB letter stating that sugar consumption must be reduced to comply with the Food Controller’s order. Resolution calling on Irish Railways ‘to have the link between the city terminus of the Cork and Macroom Railway adapted for commercial use’. LGB letter regarding boarded out children, noting that it may be desirable to place stated children whose school attendance is irregular with other foster parents [recurring items]. 6 Dec 1919 Acting master’s report requesting stated extras for Christmas. LGB letter accepting the appointment of the medical officer of Slievereagh Dispensary District ‘if the guardians are in a position to satisfy them that in this particular case the requirement as to the knowledge of the Irish language did not affect or limit the competition for the office’.
20 Dec 1919 Resolved, ‘that the several amounts of Outdoor Relief be doubled for two weeks from this date’.
3 Jan 1920 Acting master reports a foundling child admitted on 26 December was baptized and christened Stephen Day. Letter from Union and Rural District Clerks’ Association of Ireland proposing a graded scale of salaries. [Remuneration of clerks an ongoing issue between board and LGB. See, eg, 28 Feb 1920]. Letter from Dublin Union seeking support for a test case regarding disqualification of old age pensioners in workhouses. [See 28 Feb]
Cork City and County Archives 2011
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