Fermoy Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/89
Impropriety was not substantiated, but it is recommended ‘that children in the workhouse be refused access to the body or general run of the workhouse’. Ordered, ‘that three months after confinement, all able -bodied women and their children be discharged from the workhouse’. 21 May 1921 Medical Officer’s report stat ing that diphtheria broke out in the nursery. All children were moved to the main female block on the ground floor, which he recommends be retained as a permanent nursery. Ordered, ‘that the master be empowered to have as many able -bodied men and women as possible discharged from the workhouse before the next meeting’.[ Total inmates to 14 May: 233; total to 11 June: 201] 21 Aug 1921 Decided not to appoint a permanent chairman [following repeated deferrals of the annual election owing to small numbers of guardians in attendance]. LG Dept letters regarding officers, salaries, and allowances, one making reference to ‘the financial condition of the local bodies’. Enclosures, Analyses of drugs under dispensary regulations forms 17 Sep 1921 Letter from the secretary, St Anne’s Hill Hydro, Blarney, stating that a patient ‘cannot be admitted as “The Home” for the poorer classes has been closed since 1914 and will not reopen’. Visiting committee report referring to dietary and to religious procedures attendant on the burial of inmates in the workhouse cemetery. Ordered that a blind inmate be sent to an institution for the blind ‘to complete his training as a basket maker’. Ordered, that the inspector of cruelty to children be contacted regarding a case of desertion in Fermoy. 15 Oct 1921 Request to be informed by the LG Dept on points of the Co Limerick workhouse amalgamation scheme, including whether the Limerick committee will become partly responsible for superannuation allowances arising out of the abolition of the Mitchelstown workhouse. 21 Nov 1921 M aster’s report referring to the admission of an inmate ‘suffering from severe head wounds’ who subsequently died and whose body was removed by ‘a party of police and military under D istrict Inspector Gibson’ for a military inquiry before being returned. The board resolved that ‘no official… hold any communication, or give information to any member of the Crown forces’. [See also 17 Dec 1921]
21 Dec 1921 LG Dept letter regarding a proposed allowance of £1 per week in lieu of rations to each nun employed in the union.
21 Jan 1922 Master’s report in response to LG Dept letters regarding deficits in the provision check account. He explains ‘during the period of hostilities it became necessary to afford food and lodging to members of the IRA as well as others who were wanted by the enemy forces... no record of any kind could
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