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Deaths at Kilrush Union Workhouse, County Clare 1851 5-02-2016

A return of the deaths in the Kilrush Workhouse, Hospitals, Infirmaries, and Auxiliaries, from the 26th day of March 1850 until the 26th day of March 1851, with the Name, Age, Sex, Cause of Death, Date of Death, Date of Admission; with the Observation of the Medical Officer on each Case..

I consider it necessary to place before the Commissioners a short review of the position of the union at the commencement of the pressure on the workhouses.

The guardians being aware, from past experience, of the many abuses which invariably follow a system of out-door relief, provided extensive workhouse accommodation, and in the month of November last they had at their disposal accommodation for 4,654 paupers, with only 3,646 inmates. The admissions at that period averaged from 100 to 200 a week, but the discharges almost counterbalanced the admissions; and a hope was entertained that the accommodation provided was sufficient for the wants of the union.

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