Kilrush Union Minute Books 1849

Kilrush UNION.

 
RETURN of DESTITUTE PERSONS relieved out of the Workhouse, as by Relief Lists, for the last Week ended Saturday, the 31st day of March 49 authenticated and laid before the Board of Guardians at this Meeting.

COPY of MINUTES of Proceedings of the Board of Guardians, at a Meeting held on Thursday the 5th day of April 1849.

Other Guardians: Michael Meagher Esqr.

The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and Signed.
The Workhouse Register was produced, examined, and authenticated, from No. 16361 to No. 16406 both inclusive, by the signature of the Chairman, and countersignature of the Clerk.
The Out-door Relief Register was produced, examined, and authenticated from No. 12001 to No. 12213 inclusive, by the signature of the Chairman, and countersignature of the Clerk.

The Treasurer’s Book of Receipts and Payments was produced, by which it appeared that there had been received during the week, -                                       £   511.  13.    5
Paid during the week, - - - -                                       £     95.    2.    9
And that the Balance on the Account against the    
Guardians was - - - -                                                   £ 1487.  16.   11
The Book was signed by the Chairman.    

The Weekly balance-sheets of the several Collectors were laid before the Board, their accuracy having been first ascertained and authenticated by the Clerk.

 The lodgements made of Rates collected in the several Electoral Divisions appear to have been as follows:-

The Clerk’s Account of petty Disbursements made by him since last Meeting, amounting to £40. 8. 1 was produced and passed.
The following Books were exhibited by the Clerk, he having first ascertained the accuracy of the entries made therein by the Master of the Workhouse, and authenticated the same by his signature :
                1. The Weekly Relief List and Abstract.
                2. The Provision Check Accounts.
                3. The Provision Receipt and Consumption Account.
By which it appeared that the Cost of Provisions and Necessaries received during the week, was
£86. 15s. 4¾d.
9774                                                                                               £          s.   d.
Debit Provision Account, and Credit Invoice Account.
The Cost of Provisions and Necessaries consumed was     93.      15.  5½
Debit Maintenance Account, and Credit Provision Account.
And the general average Cost of an Inmate for the
week was - - -                                                                                         1.    3
Average cost in Infirmary, - -                                                              2.   "¼
Average cost in Fever Hospital, -                                                      2.   2¼

 The Master’s estimate of Provisions and Necessaries required for the ensuing Week was examined, and Orders were duly made for the several articles specified, namely:

        Milk                  4251 quarts     1st Flour       1 Ton
        Meat                  186 lbs           Soap               1 Cwt
        Rye Meal              1 Ton          Whiskey        1 Gal
        Barley Meal          1 Ton         Tea                3 lbs
        Indian Meal          1 Ton         Turf             49 Carloads
        Oatmeal               ½ Ton         Coal               2 Tons

The following Books were also produced by the Clerk, their accuracy having been previously ascertained by him, and authenticated by his signature :
                1. The several Clothing Accounts.
                2. The Medical Officers’ Books.
The Out-door Relief Lists and Weekly Receipt and Expenditure Books of the several Relieving Officers were then produced by the Clerk, their accuracy having been previously ascertained by him, and authenticated by his signature.
The Abstract of the Out-door Relief Lists was also produced by the Clerk, having been duly entered up by him for the last week ended Saturday, the 31st day of March/49 ; whereby it appeared that in that week the Total Expenditure in Out-door Relief was
                                     £         s.    d.
In money, - - -            ".        4.     "
In kind, - - - -          570.     19.   3¼
Total, - -                  571.      3.    3¼

Credit each Relieving Officer, as per Receipt and Expenditure Book.

Credit Treasurer with Checks; Debit each Relieving Officer with Checks and Orders.

On the Report and recommendation of the Finance Committee, the following Bills having been duly examined, and found to be correct, and in accordance with the several Orders were directed to be paid, and Checks for the several amounts were duly drawn on the Treasurer, and Signed namely :
            2. Establishment Account                                                   £       s.     d.
Simon Boland for Turf supplied                                                          2      10     0
Alex M’Mahon Salary in Acct                                                           5       0      0
Lucy Quinlivan school mistress Saly in full to 25th March               6       0      0

Debit Establishment Account, and Credit Treasurer, with the several sums as above.
                3. Election Law Account.
James M’Mahon for coffins supplied to Cholera Hospital in Moyarta  3      9     "

Debit Workhouse Invoice Account, and Credit Treasurer, with the several sums as above.
                4. Out-door Relief Invoice Account
John Mc Inerney Kilkee in Acct Saly                                                 10     13   0

Credit Treasurer and debit Out-door Relief Invoice Account with the several sums as above.

Captain Kennedy recommended that the Wkhouse Baker be admonished - as the state of the baking is far from satisfactory and that he be dismissed if greater regularity and cleanliness be not observed.

________________

The following letters from the Poor Law Commissioners were recd.

In accordance with the recommendation of Captain Kennedy Vice Guardians have directed the Master to use 2 oz of Rice in every 6 ounces of Ind meal as the dietary for all classes in the Wk.house in future

________________

The cases of provisional relief, and applications for relief were considered and decided on, as set forth in the Application and Report Books.

The number of provisional admissions to the Workhouse confirmed was    24
Ditto, disallowed - - - - - "
The number of applicants admitted to the Workhouse was -                          32
The number of cases of provisional Out - door Relief was - -                         34
Do. do. in which relief was continued by the Guardians - -                            34
The number of other applicants Relieving Officer’s Books
relieved by order of the Guardians was - - -                                                    128

The number of applicants for whom relief was not ordered -

The Vice Guardians have established a temporary Dispensary at Kildysert for the Medical treatment of those afflicted with Dysentery and Diarrhoea and have appointed Doctors Blair and O’Grady as Medical Attendants thereto - salary 5/-p d each to attend on all union days

________________

A difficulty having arisen in the transmission of Arrears into the Collection Book of Killard arising out of Gross irregularity in the former Collectors Books, the Vice Guardians deemed it necessary to submit the matter to the consideration of the Commissioners & have accordingly postponed signing the present Collectors Warrant : pending the Commissioners decision

Next Meeting of the Guardians to be held on

Saturday the 14th day of April 1849.

(Signed) E. J. Kennelly

Clerk of the Union.