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Actions	Gort Poor Law Union, Board of Guardian Minutes Books, 1844-1921 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleGort Poor Law Union, Board of Guardian Minutes Books, 1844-1921 RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceG01/12/1-103 Date1844-1921 Production date 1844-06-08 - 1921-05-14 Scope and Content Minutes of Board of Guardians: Bound volumes of manuscript minutes recording details of attendance and proceedings of weekly meetings relating to the maintenance, administration and financing of the workhouse, (from 1847) distribution of out-door relief, and the care of workhouse inmates relating to their accommodation and employment, and to medical, pastoral, educational, and dietary needs. Minutes include statistics on the number of persons accommodated in the workhouse, together with the numbers of births and death, and the number receiving outdoor relief ; confirmation that various reports, financial and other records, such as the Workhouse Register, Provision Check Accounts, Out-door Relief Lists, Medical Officers’ books, and reports of the Visiting Committee, the workhouse Master and other Officers were produced, examined and approved together with details of required action relating to the information provided therein, and details of all monies received or paid, and all orders and cheques given, such as those required for the supply of food and clothing; details of rates collected, arrears, and declared irrecoverably in each electoral division; also includes details of orders and letters received from or written to the Poor Law Commissioners and others, and details of subsequent resolutions passed and instructions issued authorising required action; details of the master’s report and resolutions adopted to address any issues raised therein; and from 1854 provision is included for minutes of the proceedings of the Board under the Medical Charities Acts and Nuisances Removal and Disease Prevention Acts, and subsequently under Public Health Acts; from between 1874-1899 the proceedings of the Board as the Sanitary Authority are recorded; and between 1893-1899 the proceedings of the Board of Guardians acting as the Rural Sanitary Authority under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts are included. The minutes are generally dated, and signed by the Clerk of the Union, and the Chairman. Many of the earlier volumes include an index to main resolutions passed and discussion topics. Average size 400pp Conditions governing accessAvailable on microfilm by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. Levelseries Hierarchy browser G01/12 Gort Poor Law Union, 1844-1921 1844 - 1921fonds contains 7 parts G01/12/1-103 Gort Poor Law Union, Board of Guardian Minutes Books, 1844-1921 1844-1921series contains 98 parts

TitleGort Poor Law Union, Board of Guardian Minutes Books, 1844-1921

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceG01/12/1-103

Date1844-1921

Production date 1844-06-08 - 1921-05-14

Scope and Content

Minutes of Board of Guardians: Bound volumes of manuscript minutes recording details of attendance and proceedings of weekly meetings relating to the maintenance, administration and financing of the workhouse, (from 1847) distribution of out-door relief, and the care of workhouse inmates relating to their accommodation and employment, and to medical, pastoral, educational, and dietary needs. Minutes include statistics on the number of persons accommodated in the workhouse, together with the numbers of births and death, and the number receiving outdoor relief ; confirmation that various reports, financial and other records, such as the Workhouse Register, Provision Check Accounts, Out-door Relief Lists, Medical Officers’ books, and reports of the Visiting Committee, the workhouse Master and other Officers were produced, examined and approved together with details of required action relating to the information provided therein, and details of all monies received or paid, and all orders and cheques given, such as those required for the supply of food and clothing; details of rates collected, arrears, and declared irrecoverably in each electoral division; also includes details of orders and letters received from or written to the Poor Law Commissioners and others, and details of subsequent resolutions passed and instructions issued authorising required action; details of the master’s report and resolutions adopted to address any issues raised therein; and from 1854 provision is included for minutes of the proceedings of the Board under the Medical Charities Acts and Nuisances Removal and Disease Prevention Acts, and subsequently under Public Health Acts; from between 1874-1899 the proceedings of the Board as the Sanitary Authority are recorded; and between 1893-1899 the proceedings of the Board of Guardians acting as the Rural Sanitary Authority under the Labourers (Ireland) Acts are included.

The minutes are generally dated, and signed by the Clerk of the Union, and the Chairman. Many of the earlier volumes include an index to main resolutions passed and discussion topics.

Average size 400pp

Conditions governing accessAvailable on microfilm by appointment. Unrestricted access. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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