Diet for able-bodied inmates of the workhouse.
Part of a page from the Board of Guardians printed
'Statement of Numbers Paupers Relieved and Abstract of Accounts',
1849.
To see a larger image of the whole page,
follow this link.
The Bath Poor Law Union included all the parishes in Bath
and some from the surrounding area. It was run by an
elected Board of Guardians, while paid officials saw to
the day to day administration of relief, either in the workhouse or
by other means.
A complete set of the minutes of the Board of Guardians is held
by the Record Office, but unfortunately the survival of other
records is very patchy. No workhouse admission and
discharge registers have survived, apart from Registers
of Casuals (vagrants who were allowed to stay only
for one night), 1915-1934.
For a list of the main Board of Guardians records held, follow this link.