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| Folios 29-30. Letter from Thomas Day, Clerk to the Guardians of Bromsgrove Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission. At a meeting of the guardians held on 8 February 1841 several applications were made for relief by able-bodied persons who were out of work in consequence of severe weather. Three of these cases were deemed to be of emergency and sufficiently urgent to justify departing from the order prohibiting outdoor relief. The guardians ordered loans of 20s each to two cases and 10s to the third. The cases were: William Albutt, aged 37, of Bromsgrove parish, a bricklayer; his wife Sarah Albutt, aged 24, a nailer, lately confined; and children Joseph Albutt, 12; David Albut, 10; George Albutt, 8; William Albutt, 6; David Albutt, 4; Elizabeth Albutt, 2; and an infant, not named. James Allen, aged 36, residing in Aston parish but removed to Bromsgrove, a bricklayer; his wife Ann Allen, aged 45; and children Charlotte Allen, 13; William Allen, 11; Edward Allen, 10; Elizabeth Allen, 5; and Thomas Allen, 2. William Womans, aged 55, of Bromsgrove parish, a labourer; his wife Lucy Womans, aged 47, a nailer; and children William Womans, 20; John Womans, 14; Lucy Womans, 13; Sarah Womans, 12; Harriet Womans, 7; and Jane Womans, 5. Annotated: by Alfred Power, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, that in the first case there seems to have been illness and that the departure may be sanctioned without observation except as to the amount. In the second and third cases there appears to be no sufficient reason for departure from the rules although it may be expedient not to disallow relief already granted. As the guardians meet every week the amounts are too high. Annotated: by G C L [George Cornewall Lewis, Poor Law Commissioner], to reply that the first case is within the exceptions of article 1 [of the Outdoor Relief Prohibitory Order]. The Commission will not withhold their consent from the relief already given in the other two cases by they cannot sanction its continuance, especially in the case of Allen, who is a non-resident, able-bodied man. Paper Number: 1462/B/1841. Poor Law Union Number 526. Counties: Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire. |
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