The general orders of the Poor Law Commissioners, the Poor Law Board, and the Local Government Board relating to the poor law : with explanatory notes elucidating the orders, tables of statutes, cases and index / by William Cunningham Glen and by the editor of the present edition.

  • W. Cunningham Glen
Date:
1898
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Credit: The general orders of the Poor Law Commissioners, the Poor Law Board, and the Local Government Board relating to the poor law : with explanatory notes elucidating the orders, tables of statutes, cases and index / by William Cunningham Glen and by the editor of the present edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    1633/1646 (page 1567)
    WEIGHT of allowance of provisions to be ascertained on complaint by pauper, 308. WEIGHTS AND SCALES-Relief stations to be provided with, 456—■Verification of, in workhouse, 308. WESTMINSTER UNION, triennial retirement of Guardians in, 132. WHITECHAPEL, simultaneous retirement of Guardians in, 131. WIDOWS—Irremovability of, for twelvemonths after decease of: bus- • ■] -nn o-ivf rJrmv rplipf may bG granted to, wlien, xvGilGl , 515—Wives deemed, for purposes of relief in certain cases, 503. WINE, supply of, for Sacramental purposes by Guardians, 323. WITHDRAWAL—of Authority from boarding-out committee by WILcal Government Board, 1107, 1124-of Candidate at election of Guardians outside London, time for, 2, 39, 40; notice of, 18:, ^ ®lec,tl°“ ° Guardians in London, time for, 133, 157, 158 ; notice of, 143 ; at election of Rural District Councillors, time for 70, 101, 102 ; notice of, 8--° Ch.ild.rGll from homes where boarded out by Guardians, 1106,11*^0 , authority of boarding-out committee revoked, 1107, 1124. WITNESS—Attendance of clerk to Guardians as, 386, 459 ; of pauper in workhouse, where subpoenaed, 315 ; of relieving officer, 353—Compen- sation cannot be claimed by relieving officer for attending as, when, 353. WIVES—of Able-bodied persons resident outside union, relief in woik- house to, 496, 517—Deemed widows for purposes of relief in certain cases, 503—Discharge of, from workhouse without husbands, 315 Guardians cannot compel, to enter workhouse with husbands, 315 of Labourers, grant of Midwifery Orders for, 447—of Marines, sailors, or soldiers, out-door relief may be granted to, 494—of Men m Army and Militia Reserves, 495—of Non-resident poor, when relief to be granted to, 502, 515—Out-door relief may be granted to where deserted, 494, 516—Relief may be granted to, where deserted, 4 Jo. WOMEN—Admission of, to workhouse, duties of matron on, 427 Employment of, in workhouse to be enforced by matron, 4-7 Punishment of, while pregnant, medical officer to certify previously to, 330—Search on entering, Ac., workhouse, 428—Separation of, where dissolute, from other inmates of workhouse, 278—Suckling children in workhouse, duties of medical officers as to, 405 ; duty of matron as to, 427. WOOLWICH, simultaneous retirement of Guardians in, 132. WORDS imputing Masculine gender to include females, 465—Singu- lar number to include the plural, 465. WORK—Hours for, in workhouse, 468—Orders of Guardians, and invoices, for, to be contained in Order Check Book, 694 ; to be signed and issued by clerk to Guardians, 595—for Out-door paupers, Orders as to, 284—Paupers in workhouse to be set to, 304—Performance of, on Sunday, Good Friday, and Christmas Day, not to be required, 322— Punishment of pauper for refusal or neglect to do, 325—Task of, for