Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1914-1948 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
3 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Volumes recording details of residents admitted to the county home, the first of which dating from 1914, predates the establishment of the county home in 1921 and can therefore also be viewed as the last workhouse register for Tullamore Workhouse.
Data collected in this unbroken run of registers (Form 29) varied slightly from volume to volume but generally contained the following:
Admission number (and previous admission number if any)
Date of admission or birth
Name of inmate
Age, Sex
Description (Married, Single, etc.) or 'If adult whether single, married, widow or widower; if child, whether orphan, deserted, illegitimate or legitimate'
Religious denomination
Residence prior to admission
Name and address of nearest relative and description of relationship
Observations on condition of inmates when registered.
Employment or Calling
Number of dependents
Disease or other cause rendering admission necessary
Who gave recommendation for admission
Date of discharge or death
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Some abbreviations are used in the description of reasons for admission. 'I' means 'ill'; 'IL' means 'In Labour'; 'WC' means 'Waiting Case', a term used for late pregnancy; 'Supt.' means recommended by Superintendent of Home Assistance, usually in relation to maternity cases.
Note
Discharge columns can provide limited detail on dates of death, discharge, boarding-out, or transfer to another institution.