Clifden Poor Law Union archive collection, Descriptive List, GPL3.pdf

Clifden Poor Law Union
D. Recorded Number of Inmates Resident and Deaths in the
Workhouse
Appendix D
Original capacity in 1841 was for 300 inmates
By 1849 the total capacity including temporary buildings, sheds and fever hospital was 1,856
Population of Clifden Union in 1881 was 24,259 and in 1891 it was 20,569
Week Ending No. in Workhouse No. of Deaths
30 June 1849 1,671 4
14 July 1849 1,528 7
21 July 1849 1,590 5
18 August 1849 1,705 5
15 September 1849 1,389 4
20 October 1849 1,294 2
17 November 1849 1,603 6
1 December 1849 1,750 3
5 January 1950 1,642 9
12 January 1850 1,845 7
19 January 1850 1,906 8
26 January 1850 1,909 12
9 February 1850 1,964 7
23 February 1850 1,971 12
9 March 1850 1,963 13
16 March 1850 1,926 18
17 January 1852 1,269 -
5 June 1852 1,399 4
1 June 1853 577
7 December 1853 302 1
4 January 1954 302 3
3 June 1854 283 1
6 December 1854 227 1
1 December 1855 165 1
7 June 1855 190 -
15 November 1855 140 -
3 December 1856 136 -
3 June 1957 139 1
25 November 1857 110 1
2 December 1857 107 1
2 June 1858 107 -
8 December 1858 97 -
Cartlann Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe „…cuimhne dhoiciméadach Chontae na Gaillimhe a shealbhú, a chaomhnú agus a dhéanamh inrochtana’
Galway County Council - Archives „…to acquire, preserve and make accessible the documentary memory of county Galway’
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