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Date: 1954 Sept 16-1956 Nov 15
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Folios 190-191. Letter from Edward Gulson [Assistant Poor Law Commissioner], to the...
Catalogue reference: MH 12/2099/102
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- 9 Aug 1847
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- Folios 190-191. Letter from Edward Gulson [Assistant Poor Law Commissioner], to the Poor Law Commission, drawing their attention to several points raised at a meeting of the guardians concerning the case of James Spiller and his wife Elizabeth Spiller. 1. The relieving officer gave him 5s per week during illness and advised them to take the amounts in goods from the shop of Mr Sumption. This has been satisfactorily explained by the relieving officer who was directed by the guardians to do this in cases of emergency. 2. It was said that Spiller and his family were admitted to the Axminster Workhouse and after 23 weeks the guardians gave them 20s worth of clothes on leaving the house. This is not true, nor did the guardians give them directions to go to Bridport. However the relief given was out door relief and therefore contrary to the Prohibitory Order. 3. The overseer gave 5s 6d to the paupers supposedly for the purpose of going to Bridport. This appears to not have been charged by the overseer of Chardstock to his poor rate account. He was told the relief was illegal and not to charge it to the poor rate. It is presumed to be an illegal act for the overseer to advise them to go out of the parish in which they were chargeable into one in which it is acknowledged they are legally settled. 4. The relieving officer gave Elizabeth Spiller and children an order for one night in the Axminster Workhouse telling them to go to Chard the next day. He denies telling them to go to Chard or having stated on the ticket that it was for one night only. 5. The morning after her admittance into the workhouse the master told her to leave even though she was in a state of destitution and returned to Chard where on applying to the relieving officer she was taken into the Chard Poor Law Union Workhouse. This seems a serious charge of misconduct against the master. The master said he had destroyed the first order of admission which was supposed to be for one night only and he also told the board that he destroyed all orders of admission and discharge in his possession. He has been repeatedly cautioned about the state of his papers. The master admits he knew the woman was from Chardstock and that he did not place her in the tramp ward, charging the nights relief to the parish of Chardstock rather than Axminster as with other casual poor. Gulson also mentions that this is the same master who greatly neglected his duty in regard to the care of the workhouse a few months ago and that he does not think him fit for office. Annotated: write to guardians that the master is unfit and if he does not resign they will dismiss him. Paper Number: 13280/A/1847. See also Paper Number: 6592/B/1847. Poor Law Union Number 76. Counties: Devon and Dorset.
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