... THE WORKHOUSE. The Clerk read a letter from the Local Government Board, as to the suggested alterations in the workhodse premises, approving of the plan subject to certain conditions. The Vice-chairman said that in reply to in the letter it might be said ...

... THE WORKHOUSE. The Master (Mr. Needham) reported that the numher of inmates in the House was 225, as compared with 231 in the corresponding week last year. Sick 80. Dead, William Williams, 43 years, Newport; Delay Eller, 63 years. Newport. ...

... THE WORKHOUSE. The parish authorities magnanimously and humanely resolved that Oliver should be ' fanned,' or in other words that he should be despatched to a branch-workhouse some three miles off, where the J uvenile offenders againq the poor.laws,'' ...

... about. But nakedly takaen as stated, itimust;_ u not be - fo'rgotten that the ine Poor.lw syste was 0 founded DpUn the ,Workhouse tet, and. tht thti k 'jyat broke down; 'ad that it was found tbat' df ?? just' ?? c characters .would bring, their families ...

... IN THE WORKHOUSE. [BY OLD HAND.] Since the been admitted to the Newport Board of Guardians, divers things have come to light. To do them justice, the reporters are very diligent in notating parochial small talk. There is • vast amount of this commodity ...

... THE WORKHOUSE, The following report of the Visiting Committee upon the state of the Workhouse, was read :- - We find the House particularly clean, and the drainage very good. We were much pleased with the appearance of the children, and the apparent ...

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... WORKHOUSE BREAD. In the a fortnight slums report appeared con earning the Oxfordshire bakers who supplied the paupers of the county with loaves, and it was then stated that for more than three years the baker, who had eontracte with the several Boards ...

... WORKHOUSE SQUABBLE, Martha Guest, an inmate of the house, was reported as having insulted the matron and being guilty of other bad behaviour, for which she had been taken before the magistrates, but the Master stated that she was usually of good behaviour ...

... THE WORKHOUSE CHILDREN. Mr. Robert Leyshon called attention to the fact of the children in the school not getting sufficient out-door exercise. He had asked the Master to let them go out at least once a week, but the promise was rarely fulfilled. It had ...

... ALTERATION OF THE WORKHOUSE. The Clerk read a letter from the Local Government Board relative to certain suggested alterations in the Union Workhouse, which hail been proposed by Mr. Longe, the Visiting Inspector. These were given in detail. The Chairman ...

... INSUBORDINATION AT THE WORKHOUSE. A man named Wearthy, who made an appearance for a similar offence three weeks back, was charged by Mr. W. Bounds, master of the workhouse, with refusing to work that morning. The task given defendant was pumping water ...