Catalogue description Content: Folios 211-212. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from W H T Hawley [William...

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Details of MH 12/14588/148
Reference: MH 12/14588/148
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Content: Folios 211-212. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from W H T Hawley [William Henry Toovey Hawley], Poor Law Inspector, to the Poor Law Board, reporting his inspection of the Reeth Poor Law Union Workhouse on 15 June 1849; includes details of medical provision, management of the school, the vagrant wards, numbers of inmates. There were 14 inmates, including one child who attended the local free school. The previous visit had a return of 26 inmates; the reduction was due to increased means of employment. The receiving ward was damp. Annotated: Mr Hawley. He notes that the receiving wards are not habitable and suggests how to remedy the damp. Initialled W H T H. Write as suggested. 18827/1849. Poor Law Union Number 555. Counties: Yorkshire North Riding.
Date: 1 January 1849 - 31 December 1849
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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