Newton Abbot: Board of Guardians: Wednesday: Re. R. R. Wolfe (chairman): … Mr. Cuming having stated the previous week that there were many paupers in the House with weak limbs, Mr. Buller asked the Master if it was the practice for the medical officer to see the paupers when they are admitted into the House? Mr. Moxey, the Master, said they were invariably seen by the medical officer: Two men were called before the Board who, it had been thought, could go out and earn their livings; one of them was suffering from bad sight, and the other from weakness of the limbs. After some questions were put to them, the Board considered them unfit to go out. The Master explained that if there were no paupers who could do anything, he should be obliged to employ additional men keeping the House clean, &c. The Rev. J. H. Hext, Kingsteignton, wrote respecting the case of Alice Yeoman, an invalid, of that village, who had, for a long time past, received relief from the Board, and which had been stopped by Mr. Yolland, the Relieving Officer. She had for six months been in St. Thomas’s Hospital, and her case baffled the skill of the eminent surgeons of that celebrated hospital. He considered he was only asking for a simple act of justice for her pay to be restored. Mr. G. Pinsent, Guardian, knew the case, and was of the opinion that the pay should not be continued. lt was arranged that it should be further enquired into. The Master mentioned that a gentleman was desirous of giving the children in the House a treat, by taking them to Paignton beach. The Chairman said the Board would gladly consent to the children going.
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GRO0369 Hennock: Gilbert Pinsent: 1840 – 1918