Identity area
Reference code
IE OCL BG158/6
Title
Application and Report Book (Outdoor Relief)
Date(s)
- 1862-1863 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 bound volume; c. 75 ff
Context area
Name of creator
(1839 - 1925)
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Application and report book for the relieving officer to enter applications for relief. This book records approximately 500 applications and contains details on the applicant's circumstances and subsequently the decision of the Board of Guardians to grant outdoor relief or to admit the applicant to the workhouse.
Also contains the first record of boarded-out children from Tullamore Union under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1862.