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Folios 114-115. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector...

Catalogue reference: MH 12/490/70

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This record is about the Folios 114-115. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector... dating from 10 Sept 1847 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 12/490/70
Date
10 Sept 1847
Description
Content
Folios 114-115. Workhouse Inspection Report Form from Robert Weale, Poor Law Inspector to the Poor Law Board, reporting on his inspection of the Newport Pagnell Poor Law Union Workhouse; includes details of medical provision, management of the school, the vagrant wards, numbers of inmates. He comments that 'the workhouse is in very nice order and is well managed and has been so far for the last two or three years'. But he also observes that there have been only three inspections by the visiting committee recorded since his last half yearly report, and the last visit was made on 21 April 1847. Paper Number: 14482/A/1847.
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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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