Catalogue description Folios 414-415. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from Andrew Doyle, Poor Law Inspector,...

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Details of MH 12/11367/319
Reference: MH 12/11367/319
Description:

Folios 414-415. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from Andrew Doyle, Poor Law Inspector, to the Poor Law Board, reporting his inspection of the Newcastle under Lyme Poor Law Union Workhouse on 21 October 1865; includes details of medical provision, management of the school, the vagrant wards etc.

He comments that when vagrants accept food, they are required to do some work, but usually they just have a night's lodging.

Paper Number: 37636/1865.

Poor Law Union Number: 421.

Counties: Staffordshire.

Date: 1865 Oct 21
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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