Catalogue description Folios 36-38. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector, to...

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Folios 36-38. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector, to the Poor Law Board, reporting his inspection of the Basford Poor Law Union Workhouse, on 4 February 1862; includes details of medical provision, management of the school, the vagrant wards etc. Some of the wards are too small and there is overcrowding leading to skin disease/complaints.

There are 380 inmates compared to 324 this time last year.

Paper Number: 4380/1862.

Poor Law Union Number: 334.

Counties: Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

Date: 1862 Feb 4
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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