Letter from Patrick Carey to John Langford, 3 December 1915

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Letter from Patrick Carey to John Langford, 3 December 1915

1 3rd Decr 5. Dear Sir, I am again directed to refer you to my
letter of the 11th June last forwarding copy
of Letter received from Local Government Board (No.
17888.1915 dated 7.4.15) relative to the Scale
of dietary for the inmates of the Workhouse on
Easter Sunday and Xmas Day; and to request that
you will submit, for the Guardians' meeting tomorrow
a revised Scale of Extras drawn up in accordance
with the suggestions of the Local Government Board. It is important that this Scale should be
submitted tomorrow so that the Local Government
Board's Sanction may be obtained before Christmas, Yours faithfully, Clerk of Union. J. Langford Esq,
Master Workhouse,
Killarney,

Letter from Patrick Carey to John Langford regarding the scale of dietary requirements of workhouse inmates on Easter Sunday and Christmas day. Carey requests that a revised scale of extras be drawn up in accordance with the suggestions of the Local Government Board. In 1916 John Langford (1863-1930) was serving as the Killarney Workhouse Master. Patrick Carey (1853-1934) was the Union Clerk for the Killarney Poor Law Board of Guardians. Poor law unions and their workhouses were established by the Poor Law (Ireland) Act, 1838, as a response to widespread poverty, and were each governed by a Board of Guardians. This letter comes from the Killarney Poor Law Board of Guardians Minute Book.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__4128.html)