Report by the Inspector of Poor to the Parochial Board ... August, 1891 : with report by the Medical Officer of the Poorhouse ... also annual statistical returns of pauperism.

Date:
1891
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Credit: Report by the Inspector of Poor to the Parochial Board ... August, 1891 : with report by the Medical Officer of the Poorhouse ... also annual statistical returns of pauperism. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At the Half Yearly Statutory Meeting of the Parochial Board, held on Tuesday, 25th August, 1891, the following Report by the Acting Inspector of Poor was submitted and ordered to be printed:— HALF YEARLY REPORT. lJftli August, 1891. Gentlemen,—I have to report that the applications for the six months ending on the above date were 2897, while for the corresponding period last year they were 2866, showing an increase of 31. The following is a detail of these :— Same Period last Year. Present. New Cases, ..... 951 1,057 Old Cases, ..... 1,915 1,840 Total, 2,866 2,897 Of these there were for— Renewals of Aliment, . 454 401 Widows and Children, . 79 83 From 111 health, .... 1,843 1,896 Came from Poorhouse same day, 10 10 Bastardy, ..... 56 46 Desertion, ..... 127 122 Lunacy, ..... 146 179 Admitted to other Parishes, 151 160 Total as above, 2,866 2,897 Of the 1,057 new applicants 496 were offered Poorhouse, of whom only 359 accepted.