... THE WORKHOUSE. The Clerk stated that a block plan of the workhouse had been sent to the firm in London who were inquiring about the purchase of a workhouse, and a reply came that when their client had been consulted the board would hear the result. An ...

... pigeon stealing, birched, and then remanded to the Workhouse prior to being sent to an Industrial School. Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage, says the couplet, and the Workhouse walls proved no obstacle to these three boys. Day had ...

... THE WORKHOUSE. The Viliiting Committee reported that they had visited the workhouse and found everything satisfactory. They recommended that certain whitewashing and painting be done, that a handrail for the stairs be provided, and that the work be put ...

... AT THE WORKHOUSE. At the afternoon service at the Coventry Workhouse, the congregation was unusually large, every seat on the men's side being occupied, whilst the benches on the women's side were insufficient for the accommodation of the inmates who ...

... THE WORKHOUSE, Lady Frederick Peel wrote that she was unable to accept the appointment of Meriden workhouse visitor, as she had already sufficient to look after in the orphan children who were boarded out from London and other unions, under the care of ...

... WIFE IN THE WORKHOUSE Richard Linton, 04, Westmore Road, Burton-on-Trent, was charged by his wife, Bertha Linton, 19, Booth's Fields, Foleshill, in respect of arrears of maintenance amounting to )211 3s. It was stated that the applicant had gone to th ...

... WARWICK WORKHOUSE. ...

... MUSIC AT THE WORKHOUSE. The Board accepted the offer of the leader of the Salvation Army Band to play selections of music in the workhouse grounds, and a vote of thanks was accorded for the kind offer. ...

... SICKNESS IN THE WORKHOUSE. The Master repotted the existence of a great deal of sickness in the workhouse, five deaths having occurred since January 6th attributable to pneumonia following influenza, and five or six patients were suffering from the disease ...

... THE WORKHOUSE WAS OVERCROWDED, and although they were building a new wing to the infirmary that would not relieve the workhouse itself. They were therefore killing two birds with one stone. They would be getting rid of the children, and providing additional ...

... BIRTHS IN WORKHOUSES. A letter was read from the General Registry Office stating that the registration of births in workhouses at the address of the institution instead of the name of the workhouse would ceme into operation on January Ist next. Mr. Dalton ...

... NURSING IS WORKHOUSICS. A memorandum prepared by Dr. Downes, inspector of the Local Government Board, en the subject of nursing in sick wards, was read. The doctor stated that the advance of nursii,g as a calling, and the system adopted in some large ...