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... EPIDEMIC IN A WORKHOUSE. Greenwich Workhouse has an epidemic of diardues and vomiting. Several of the clues are serious; some fatal. Three doxtors from the Local Government Board have commenced • searching inquiry regarding the epidemic. Meanwhile, all ...
... ROMAN CATHOLICS IN WORKHOUSES* In pursuance of a recommendation made to the Roman catholic body m the London district, by Cardinal Wise° ufh 'fi? rrS LenteJ? Pastoral, a memorial is being signed to both Houses of the Legislature on the grievlncls of Jxoman ...
... AN IRISH WORKHOUSE SCANDAL. A report disclosing a. shocking state ef things was, on Saturday, presented by a committee to the Portumna Guardians. The women's dormi- tory and nursery of the workhouse were described as being in a filthy condition. The hospital ...
... THE WORKHOUSE v. THE PRISON. The following letter appered in Saturday’s Time* ; Sir—As from time to time you direct attention to the management of our workhouses and prisons, I beg leave to bring nnder your notice the subjoined dialogue, which took place ...
... FROM GAOL TO THE WORKHOUSE. William Ingram, labourer, of Basinßeg, was charged at the Newport County Police on Saturday with stealing • garden fork, a shovel, and a hedgiNg hook, the property of Thomas Roberta, shoemaker, of Cefn. -Prosecutor said the ...
... YOUNG CHILDREN IN WORKHOUSES. A parliamentary r. turn has , lately been issued, which was moved for by Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P. for Northampton, and late Secretary to the Poor Law Board, showing the number of children sub- Xcted to corporal punishment ...
... Sick Wards in Workhouses. The Rotherhithe inquiry adds one more to the ac- cumulated proofs of the incapacity of guardians to act as hospital managers, and of the unfitness of workhouse masters to rule infirmaries. The beating of patients, their washing ...
... FELONY AT MONMOUTH WORKHOUSE. Ann Jane Tippins, 16, pleaded guilty to stealing a shawl, bonnet, and gown, the property of Sarah Thomas; and a pair of crape sleeves, &c., belonging to Ann Godwin. Three months* imprisonment. ...
... WORKHOUSE SCANDAL AT PONTYPOOL Mr. F. T. Birshasi, poor-law inspector, attended at the Union Workhouse, Griffithstown, on Thursday, for the purpose of inquiring into charges, preferred at the instance of the Visiting Committee if the Pontypool Board of ...
... WORKHOUSE LIFE OBJECTED TO. Emily Manden and Emily Battenby, the two young girls who left the Newport “ Workhouse BaBtiie , * on Weduesday week to attend the Caerleon Fair, and again on Thursday witness the Newport May Day procession, on both occasions ...
... A WORKHOUSE VIRAGO. A stout, healthy-looking young woman was charged at the Marylebone Police-court with the following brutal assault:— Mr. Tubbs, assistant overseer of the Marylebone Workhouse, said that the prisoner was an inmate of the workhouse. On ...
... FOOD WASTE IN WORKHOUSES. Hellbent+ Court:Was. after tie feed to mak.. aa eapentnent. the mutt et h twee made knettn. lb. elperestent thetas that • ef 40 per cent. can be by alle• tag the 0.., mimes, .• .1 sot mg , ar,ortling to th• threctaena of Local ...