Refine Search

Place

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Access Type

4,888

Type

4,643
207
38

Public Tags

No tags available

SMALLPOX IN WORKHOUSE

... SMALLPOX IN WORKHOUSE Tee workhouse at East Preston , Sussex , has been isolated by an outbreak of smallpox brought to the institution by a casual , and the only consolation the inmates have is a wireless set which was recently installed . Thcro are now ...

Published: Wednesday 11 January 1928
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 101 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

NURSING IN WORKHOUSES

... sick in workhouses . Amongst much that is excellent in these recommendations , there 1 . 5 , as she points out , the great blot of suggesting that training can possibly be given in small workhouses dunng one ye . ir . which sho'n ! d entitle women to be ...

Published: Monday 26 January 1903
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 455 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE INVADED

... WORKHOUSE INVADED Disorders Gcenes occurred at Plumstead jesterday , when a fracas toofeplaco between the local unemployed and police officers following an invasion of the workhouse . Just before three o ' clock a party of unemployed descended from the ...

Published: Friday 03 February 1922
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 208 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE RIOTS

... WORKHOUSE RIOTS 83 ARRESTS . THE Aforww ? Leader states :. — fliers were very - serious riots yesterday at Bohnont Workhouse , Sufcton , . which ' is under the control of . tho Fulham Board of Guardians , and eervoa as an overflow institution tor various ...

Published: Thursday 15 December 1910
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 166 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE ON FIRE

... WORKHOUSE ON FIRE PATIENTS SAVED BY NURSES . A 1 seriotjs Gre occurred in the buildings of the West Ham Board of Guardians' Central Home , Union Road , Lcytonstone , early yesterday morning . The master of the workhouse ., Mr Lambert , was in bed when ...

Published: Tuesday 23 June 1925
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CONDUCT OF WORKHOUSE

... CONDUCT OF WORKHOUSE MASTER'S DENIALS AT INQUIRY . The Ministry of Health inquiry into tho circumstances in which Keighley Guardians suspended Mr Norman Card , master of Oakworth Road Institution ,, was closed yesterday after having lasted threa days ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1929
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

LEITRIM WORKHOUSES TO BE . ' • '• CLOSED

... LEITRIM WORKHOUSES TO BE . ' • '• CLOSED A REPUBLICAN SCHEME . A Carriek-on-Shannon correspondent states that a clean sweep . ha 3 been made by members of the new Republican District Councils and Boards of Guardians ,, who have decided to , close ...

Published: Monday 12 September 1921
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

mproved Workhouse Conditions

... mproved Workhouse Conditions Several questions hava been asked in the Houso of Commons recently as to tho imposition on workhouse casuals of tho task of oakum pic-king , and I gather that as a result the authorities have decided to order the discontinuance ...

Published: Tuesday 30 June 1925
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 385 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CORK WORKHOUSE SEARCHED

... CORK WORKHOUSE SEARCHED An exhaustive searcn of Cors Union Workhouse ...

Published: Monday 03 January 1921
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 62 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE FIRE SCENES

... WORKHOUSE FIRE SCENES BED-RIDDEN INMATES LOWERED FROM WINDOWS . A FOKTION of the workhouse at St Faith ' s , near Norwich , was burned out yesterday morning , and the wliolo building . narrowly escaped destruction . ' The outbreak was first noticed shortly ...

Published: Tuesday 20 June 1922
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 163 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FIRE AT A WORKHOUSE

... FIRE AT A WORKHOUSE A fibe broke out at the Doneaster Workhouse last evening . The outbreak occurred in the inmates' clothing etorc , and the store , as well as the male casual ward , were burnt down . The damage will run into thousands of pounds . It ...

Published: Friday 18 February 1927
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

UNEMPLOYED RAIL WORKHOUSE

... UNEMPLOYED RAIL WORKHOUSE Following ; a Ihold-up' of members of the . JEelief Committee . at Stafford ; when applications were made for out relief by . men who had relinquished work on a relief drainage scheme through-being dissatisfied with the pay ...

Published: Friday 11 January 1924
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 139 | Page: 9 | Tags: none