MS 12581 Newport Union Minute Book of Board of Guardians Jan to Aug 1885.

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Copy of Minutes of the Proceedings of the Board of Guardians 23 rd of January .

Return of the destitute persons relieved out of the Workhouse as by relief lists for the week ended Saturday 15 th January attached and laid before the Board of Guardians at this meeting.

Relief District Number cases relieved Number of cases

including applicant and family dependent on him or her.

1 3 12

2 6 6

3 13 23

Copy of Minutes of the Proceedings of the Board of Guardians at a Meeting held on Friday the 23 rd day of January inst.

In the Chair R. Vesey Stoney Esq. JP, D.C.

Other Guardians Joseph Moran

Patrick Moran

James Cleary

Stephen Colleran

John Walshe

Lodgements made of rates collected in several Electoral Divions appear to have been as follows.

Name of each collector

Electoral Divisions arranged in Collection Districts

Annual Collected and Lodged

Total

Remaining

Total

£

s

d

£

s

d

£

s

d

£

s

d

JAMES CONWAY

ACHILL

72

13

5

BALLYCROY NORTH

31

13

5

BALLYCROY SOUTH

13

10

6

CORRAUN, ACHILL

62

8

11

DOOEGA

67

5

6

SLIEVEMORE

26

8

1

274

18

0

R.J. WALSH

DERRYLOUGHAN

31

4

11

GLENHEST

7

18

9

NEWPORT EAST

13

3

9

NEWPORT WEST

14

19

4

SRAHMORE

2

19

9

70

6

6

The Master’s estimate of Provisions and necessaries required for the past and ensuing weeks were examined and orders were duly made for the several articles specified.

48:49 688:656 lbs Bread at 5d per 4lb.

55:56 448:420 qts milk at 9d per gallon

57:58:59 36:16:40 lbs mutton at 5 ¾ per lb

43 4 stone rice at 1s 10d per stone

51:54 7:6 lbs tea at 1s 8d per lb

43:45 32:34 lbs sugar at 1 ¾ per lb

50 2 lbs biscuit at 8d per lb

46:47 6:8 Mould candles at 6d per lb

41:43 2:1 bottles brandy at 5s 8d per bottle

41:43 1 bottles gin at 2s 8d per bottle

46:47 1:1 doz Porter at 3s 9d per doz

53 :4 cwt Indian meal at 7/9 per cwt

41 2 pots beef extract at 1/8 per pot

47 1 cwt salt at 1/6 per cwt

The abstract of the Outdoor relief lists was produced by the Clerk having been duly entered up by him for the last week ended Saturday the 17 th day of January 1885 whereby it appeared that in that week the total expenditure in outdoor relief was

£ s d

In money - - -

In kind 1 5 6

Total 1 5 6

Report Visiting Committee.

In the absence of the other two members of the Visiting Committee who were unavoidably absent I examined the clothing in hands and am of the opinion that there are 30 pairs of Blankets, 30 Rugs, 60 yards of Linen, 80 yards of Linsey, 200 yards of Flannel required.

Signed Patrick Moran PLG 21 st January 1885

On the requisition of the Master the following items were ordered

Order No 41 Linseed Meal at 6d

Order No 42 Shrouding at 1s 4d

Order No 44 Sundries at 1 0 10d

Order No 46 Altar Candles at 7s 6d

Order No 52 Matches at 6d

The Master reports that the tailor is required to prepare 15 mens’ suits

“Allowed”

Letters Local Government Board.

The Clerk omitted to state that the Guardians who were present and who passed the resolution in reference to amalgamation held proxies from all absent Guardians empowering them to vote for the amalgamation scheme as proposed by Mr Robinson but owing to Quarter Sessions the Guardians were unavoidably absent but it can be noted that all the Guardians of this Union are perfectly unanimous.

Resolved. That the Local Government Board be requested to send down fifteen copies of Mr Robinson’s amalgamation reports.

The contractor for supplying shoes having submitted 12 pairs to the Board for approval.

Resolved that same be passed and that the Contractor be informed that unless the remainder of the order are strictly according to sample they will be rejected.

Present in Chair R Vesey Stoney Esq. DL

Other Guardians Messrs Joseph Moran

John Walshe

Patrick Moran

James Cleary

Stephen Colleran

The following letters on Matters arising under the Medical Charities Act from the Local Government Board.

Read letter from Local Government Board No 801 Dated 15 th January 1885 in reply to Guardians resolution of the 2 nd inst. relating to the proposal to erect a dispensary and dispensary residence for the Achill Dispensary District

“Read”

Re letter from Dr. Croly Medical Officer of Health, Achill Dispensary District stating that the fever cases are progressing favourably and that no new case has arisen since last report and drawing the Guardians attention to the urgent necessity of appointing a competent midwife to the district.

“Read”

Report form P containing the names of children born in the District who are over three months of age and have not been vaccinated .

Dr. H.A. Davis Newport Dispensary District containing the names of 31 defaulters.

The Relieving Officer to serve the necessary notices.

Reports from Sanitary Officers

Ballycroy Dr. Smith health of District good

Circular letter from Local Government Board No 1433/85 relative to labourers cottages

“Read”

Next meeting of Guardians Friday 30 th January 1885

A C Fenton Clerk of the Union

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