Includes:
Reports to the board relating to the financing of the proposed cemetery at Clonminch for county home burials, and correspondence with the Department of Local Government regarding same.
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Includes:
Reports to the board relating to the financing of the proposed cemetery at Clonminch for county home burials, and correspondence with the Department of Local Government regarding same.
Volumes recording details of residents admitted to the county home, the first of which dating from 1914, predates the establishment of the county home in 1921 and can therefore also be viewed as the last workhouse register for Tullamore Workhouse.
Data collected in this unbroken run of registers (Form 29) varied slightly from volume to volume but generally contained the following:
Admission number (and previous admission number if any)
Date of admission or birth
Name of inmate
Age, Sex
Description (Married, Single, etc.) or 'If adult whether single, married, widow or widower; if child, whether orphan, deserted, illegitimate or legitimate'
Religious denomination
Residence prior to admission
Name and address of nearest relative and description of relationship
Observations on condition of inmates when registered.
Employment or Calling
Number of dependents
Disease or other cause rendering admission necessary
Who gave recommendation for admission
Date of discharge or death
4840 entries recording admissions between September 1924 and September 1943. Deaths and discharges recorded in 1944 and 1945. Index of surnames precedes register.
Matron's reports for consideration of the Board filled out weekly on Tuesdays. Contains the matron's written report on patients' illnesses; their medical treatment in the hospital; recommendations from the Medical Officer relating to the transfer of patients to external hospitals; and general notes on staff vacancies, replacements, and employment. Reports initialled by Dr Moorehead. Also contains loose correspondence relating to patients health and medical treatment.