Fermoy Board of Guardians
IE CCCA/BG/89
Master’s report referring to repayment of loa n relief given to two inmates [a recurring item: see index ‘L’].
13 Apr 1870 Ordered that seven pounds be granted to provide outfits for two boys, Stephen and John Veale, inmates of the workhouse, whose passage to Queensland has been paid for by their parents. 27 April 1870 Master’s report referring to a hospital patient who, at his ‘earnest request’ was ‘permitted to receive the ministrations of the RC Chaplain on Sunday last. The man died on Tuesday’. 11 May 1870 Resolved, that the union be divided into four relief districts, not three as proposed by the PLC inspector, namely: Fermoy, Ballyhooly, Rathcormac, and Conna districts. Electoral divisions and dispensary houses included in each district are indicated. [See also 27 Apr and 18 May 1870] 18 May 1870 PLC letter regarding reports and forms to be returned in respect of vaccination defaulters. In response, the board suggest that in future the PLC communicate directly with medical officers for this information. [See also 25 May 1870]
8 Jun 1870 Resolved, that a pump be ordered for the town of Rathcormac ‘with a view of providing a proper supply of water for the inhabitants’.
22 Jun 1870 Master’s report regarding a report that the schoolmaster entered the female fever ward around midnight ‘under the influence of drink’. The schoolmaster was dismissed. 6 Jul 1870 Ordered, that arrears of rate amounting to £25 13s 3d be declared unrecoverable ‘having been assessed on houses unoccupied wholly or in part during the year’.
10 Aug 1870 Sanitary Officer’s report on two cases of smallpox in the Kilworth Dispensary district. [ See also 3 and 31 Aug and 14 and 21 Sep]
17 Aug 1870 Ordered by the board, acting as the sewer authority, that the sewage committees appointed on 3 Aug be dissolved (on foot of notice of motion seeking ‘proper steps being taken by the board to provide a sufficient supply of pure water for the towns of Castletownroche and... Ballyhooly’). 24 Aug 1870 Master’s report stating that he prosecuted at petty sessions a man for deserting his wife and five children, inmates. The man was initially sentenced to three months in prison, but the magistrates complied with his request to be allowed pay two shillings a week to meet the costs of their maintenance (£2 1s 0d) and legal costs (3s 6d).
7 Se p 1870 County Surveyor’s report on Kilworth water supply.
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