Application and report book for the relieving officer to enter applications for relief. This book records approximately 500 applications and contains details on the applicant's circumstances and subsequently the decision of the Board of Guardians to grant outdoor relief or to admit the applicant to the workhouse.
Also contains the first record of boarded-out children from Tullamore Union under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1862.
Cover letter enclosing inspection reports by Louis E. H. Deane, Engineering Inspector, on 23 houses unfit for human habitation in the Tullamore Union district, as per the Labourer (Ireland) Acts Scheme No. III. The reports record the name of the electoral division, the townland, the name of the occupier, and a detailed description of the reason the house is unfit for human habitation.
Ledger recording provisions and necessities required per week for the workhouse, such as bread, beef, mutton, bacon, butter, potatoes, oatmeal, treacle, eggs, salt, condiments, tobacco, porter, and sanitary materials.
Medical Officer: Dr Henry M. Clarke
Relieving Officer: James Dunne
Medical Officer: Dr Henry White, Gortacor
Relieving Officer: Stephen Lynam
Medical Officer: Dr Henry White, Gortacor
Relieving Officer: Stephen Lynam
Medical Officer: Dr J. Ridley, Tullamore
Relieving Officers: James Dunne, James Lynam, Stephen Lynam