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Catalogue description Folios 397-400. Workhouse Inspection Report from Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector, to...
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| Reference: | MH 12/9245/292 |
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| Description: |
Folios 397-400. Workhouse Inspection Report from Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector, to the Poor Law Board, reporting on an inspection of the Basford Poor Law Union Workhouse on 21 July 1857; includes details of medical provision, management of the school, the vagrant wards and numbers of inmates. Weale notes that there is adequate provision for the sick and infectious cases but no proper accommodation for the epileptic, idiotic and harmless insane. He attaches a schedule giving the measurements of each room in the workhouse, and the number of inmates the room is capable of accommodating. He suggests that a copy of this schedule be sent to the guardians with a proposal that the accommodation numbers for each room are fixed. Paper Number: 27257/1857. Poor Law Union Number: 334. Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. |
| Date: | 1857 July 22 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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