Catalogue description Folios 283-284. Workhouse Inspection Report from C L Dashwood, Local Government...

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Details of MH 12/9539/182
Reference: MH 12/9539/182
Description:

Folios 283-284. Workhouse Inspection Report from C L Dashwood, Local Government Inspector, reporting his inspection of the Southwell Poor Law Union Workhouse on 19 March 1881. The report includes the following information:

relief given as in-maintenance and out relief in the year ended Lady Day 1880

the number of occupants of the workhouse on the night before the visit, classified by age and gender.

medical provision.

the management of the school.

the vagrant wards.

numbers of insane pauper inmates.

The report concludes that the workhouse is clean and in good order, though classification is imperfect owing to the construction of the house.

Date: 1881 Mar 28
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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