Sous-série organique 1 - Indoor Registers (1914-1948)

3 volumes

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

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.

Discharge columns can provide limited detail on dates of death, discharge, boarding-out, or transfer to another institution.