WORKHOUSES (IRELAND).
RETURN to an Order, ofthe Honouiable The House of Commons,,
dated 13 Febiuary 1843;—_/Iw,
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A RETURN specifying the Number, Name, and Local Situation of each Union Workhouse in Ireland which has not within itself any Supply, or an insufficient Supply of Spring Water ; and also specifying those from which there is none, or an insufficient Sewerage.
Poor Law Conimis-sion Office, Somerset House,"!
27 March 1843.
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EDWIN CHADWICK,
Secietary.
Poor Law Commission Office, Dublin,"!
25 March 1843.
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GEO.
WILKINSON,
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Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 3 May 1843.
Gentlemen,
Architect's Office, Poor Law Commission Office,
Dublin, 25 March 1843.
IN preparing the accompanying Return relating to the wells and sewers of the
Union Workhouses in Ireland, as directed by your Board, in pursuance of an Order of the House of Commons, dated 13th February 1843, I beg to remark that every exertion has been made for completing it at the earliest period.
The wording of the Order relating to the wells is as follows: " A Return of each Union Workhouse which has not within itself any supply, or an insufficient supply of Spring Water."
The information in the office as to the present supply of spring water would not enable a satisfactory return to be made, some of the workhouses having been long completed, and the supply of spring water being liable to variation.
It is known that all the workhouses in which the building contracts have been completed had at one time a good supply of spring water, but there have been instances in which springs at one time found so strong as to prevent their deeper sinking, have become weaker, and failed to give a sufficient supply at all times.
To return such houses with a sufficient supply, according to the wording of the Order, would most likely have been unsatisfactory, although it is not doubted that they all have the means within themselves, by deeper sinking or otherwise, of obtaining a good supply.
It has therefore been necessary to have the wells examined, and every practicable arrangement has been made for accelerating the required information.
Particulars have yet to be received to enable the present depth of water of a few of the wells to be stated, but it is considered that the information relating to these wells is not sufficient to occasion any delay of the Return, or to prevent the Order ofthe House of Commons from being complied with.
The Poor Law Commissioners,
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Sec.
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(signed) George Wilkinson,
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