Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Item
Folios 320-321. Letter from Richard Chapman, Assistant Clerk, on behalf of R M Hodge...
Catalogue reference: MH 12/1530/188
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This record is about the Folios 320-321. Letter from Richard Chapman, Assistant Clerk, on behalf of R M Hodge... dating from 20 July 1848 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MH 12/1530/188
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Date (When the record was created)
- 20 July 1848
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- Folios 320-321. Letter from Richard Chapman, Assistant Clerk, on behalf of R M Hodge [Richard Michell Hodge], Clerk to the Guardians of the Truro Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board, stating that the number of inmates in Probus Workhouse exceeds by 4 the number fixed, but the guardians have directed that a family be removed to bring it within the limited number. The number of inmates at St Clement Workhouse is 147 and would have been reduced if some families had not had to be retained to allow 'the itch' to be treated. Some alterations are being made at St Clement Workhouse to improve conditions and ventilation. Annotated: acknowledge and state that the numbers should not be allowed to exceed the limit prescribed. Further annotated: an investigation is in progress upon which the workhouse question in the Truro union greatly depends. The chairman has lost his father and in consequence of family engagements and absence has requested him [Assistant Poor Law Commissioner] to postpone the matter till September. Paper Number: 20670/1848. Poor Law Union Number 57. Counties: Cornwall.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Topics
- Poverty
- Local Government
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