poor relief

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Sat May 02, 2009 1:04 pm

can anyone tell me when this stopped please
and on searching in the Mitchell , is it a case of searching each year ,
or is it broken into periods ? just the costs are by index , not sure what an index is lol

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat May 02, 2009 1:15 pm

Hi Jan
Poor Relief stopped around the 1920s I think - would need to check for precise date.

and on searching in the Mitchell , is it a case of searching each year ,
or is it broken into periods ? just the costs are by index , not sure what an index is lol

The applications are indexed by SURNAME and then by FIRST NAME on the PCs at the Mitchell.

Best wishes
Lesley

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat May 02, 2009 1:18 pm

See
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/ ... chives.htm

Archives and Special Collections hold more than 1,000,000 applications for poor relief made by residents of Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Areas covered include:

Glasgow, 1851-1948
Barony, 1861-1898 (when it united with Glasgow)
Govan, 1876-1930 (when it united with Glasgow)

To comply with Data Protection legislation, records relating to adults are normally closed for 75 years and records relating to children are closed for 100 years.

There are restrictions on these records if they are less than 100 years old. If your enquiry concerns such records, please contact Families for Children in the Social Work section for assistance.

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:02 pm

thanks Lesley ,

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:06 pm

Lesley , is this for children brought up with their parents ,? as says adopted /boarded out ,

daj · Post by **daj** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:18 pm

Justjan wrote:...is this for children brought up with their parents ,? as says adopted /boarded out ,

I found poor relief from my g g grandmother -- she was applying as she was a live-in domestic servant, her husband had died and her child was boarded out.

It's really sad reading the stories in the books

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Sat May 02, 2009 2:23 pm

yes David
some of it makes sad reading , do you think people would apply on more than one occasion if they needed things like hospital treatment for children?
as seems so many of the children have needed to be in hospital

daj · Post by **daj** » Sat May 02, 2009 4:12 pm

Justjan wrote:..do you think people would apply on more than one occasion...

Certainly, the books i have examined had space for further entries, although the family members I had checked only applied once.

I do recall an episode of "Who do you think you are" in which Jeremy Paxman was checking the poor relief and he commented on how many times this one person had applied and been given relief. So I would say that some people would have had several hand outs.

Justjan · Post by **Justjan** » Sat May 02, 2009 4:55 pm

thanks david , i see a bit only just due to a black mark where its been copied , maybe its been in pencil , poorhouse for child & charge 4/- ?could be for week in brackets ? in , the date could be ? 3/04 ,
he did apply 30/3/04 ,
just i know after that year at least 2 of these children died ,and another few born ,
not sure how a burial would be paid for ,
think i need to read more eh