Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- October 1921-September 1922 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
236pp
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Contains reports outlining the transition of Tullamore Workhouse into a county home. Also contains reports from sub-committees representing the other poor law unions (Edenderry and Birr) concerning the winding up of operations in those workhouses and the transfer of functions to Tullamore.
Significant redeployment of personnel is recorded such as hospital staff from the newly closed County Infirmary, and compensation claims from employees whose posts were defunct such as Clerk of the Union were also dealt with by the committee. Records decisions in relation to medical personnel based at various dispensaries throughout the county, and proposals relating to the treatment of TB patients. Also contains reports of new tenders granted for the supply of goods to the county home and some letters of protest about contracts being awarded to new suppliers in ' a ringing of the changes in certain interests.' (see p55, letter to the committee re Contract for the Supply of Bread, 28 October 1921.'
Includes regular matron's reports from the county home and hospital with medical details of patients. Also includes a report by the Visiting Committee (James O'Connor, Teresa Wyer and Mary K. Dunne) on the state of the county home following Amalgamation (p16, 23 July 1922).
Contains details of 'boarded-out' children such as their names and ages, and the names and addresses of their foster parents.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
The minutes are bound with sequentially numbered pages, but this does not reflect the chronology of the minute-taking.