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Pamphlet containing a summary of a lecture given by Tadhg Hayden, principal of Vocational School, Kildare Town, entitled 'St Brigid and Kildare Cathedral: their backgrounds - Pagan & Christian, Irish & European'.

A large and varied series of account books and financial statements, broadly reflecting the financial management of the Board of Health for the period 1922-1965. Includes abstracts of accounts, auditors statements, inventories of stock, travel expenses, and other records of daily cash transactions.

Volumes recording combined data from admissions and discharges to and from the County Home. Details recorded include:

PARTICULARS OF PERSONS IN AND ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Register Number (consecutive for year)

Reference register No. of last year

Date when admitted to or born in the Hospital

Name of Person

Residence previous to admission

Age, Sex, Religious Denomination

If adult whether single, married or widow. if child, whether orphan, legitimate or illegitimate

Disease of sickness

General classification: Adults (male/Female), Children under 16

Classification of Cases: Medical, Surgical, Maternity, Mental, Chronic, Infectious, Tuberculosis, Other Persons (only maternity ticked in county home register)

Infectious Disease classification (left blank for county home register)

if born in the hospital, name of mother

Name and address of nearest relative,

Relationship,

Observations

Period in institution: Date of discharge or death, no of days for month, number of days for the year.

PARTICULARS OF PERSONS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL
Date of discharge or death

Register Number name of Persons Discharged

Adults (men/women), Children under 16

Classification of cases: Medical, Surgical, Maternity, Mental, Chronic, Infectious, Tuberculosis, Other Persons (Only maternity ticked)

Infectious disease classification (left blank for county home register)

Insert 'Died' in case of death in hospital (used to record transfer to hospital, death, other institution, boarded out).

Several subseries of registers recording the admission and discharge of individuals to the county home in the period 1914-1957. The earliest register in this series was opened in 1914, and can also be viewed as the last register for the Tullamore Workhouse, which closed in 1921.

Volumes recording details for 'Form 32', Indoor Admission and Discharge Lists. Data recorded includes the following:

ADMISSIONS
Date of admission or birth

Name

Register No.

Weak and Infirm (M/F)

Aged and Infirm (M/F)

Children (3-8 years; 2-3 years; 1-2 years; infants under 1 year)

If born in the institution, name of mother

DISCHARGES
Date of discharge or death

Name

Register No.

Weak and Infirm (M/F)

Aged and Infirm (M/F)

Children (3-8 years; 2-3 years; 1-2 years; infants under 1 year)

Insert the word 'DIED' in case of death in Institution

Artificially created sub-series of disassociated volumes relating to medical prescriptions and dietary schedules for patients admitted to the County Hospital.

Volumes recording details for 'Form 33', Indoor Assistance Lists. Columns and sub-columns record the following data:

Adults: Married Couples (Males/Females); Other Males, Other Females

Children under 15: Of Parents Being Inmates (Legitimate/Illegitimate); Orphans or other children relieved without their parents

Lunatics, Insane Persons and Idiots: Males, Females, Children under 15

No in register

Name of Inmate

Age

Number of days in house each month (for 6 months)

Total (for half-year)

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

Registers, slightly overlapping between the years 1932 and 1943, of deaths recorded as having taken place in the workhouse (1913-1921), the county home (1922-1947), and the hospitals (1932-1943) under the care of firstly Tullamore Poor Law Union and immediately succeeded by Offaly Board of Health and Public Assistance.