Scope and Content
Includes appointments of Guardians, relieving offiicers, medical officers, master & matron, rate collectors etc, payment of bills, selection of suppliers, and the following:
Decision to erect new workhouse at Luton pages 3, 11, 14, 23, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35,36, 42-4, 59, 67, 129
Use of workhouse at Dunstable page 21, sale of page 53, 92, 97, 112, 114, 148, 158
Use of workhouse at Houghton Regis pages 21, 24, 27, 28, 51-2, 98, sale of 108
Employment of paupers in Dustable Whiting Factory pages 21-3
Diet of inmates page 41, 70, 86, 88
Removal of the wife of Humphrey Taylor to Winslow Union page 50 - 1
Liability of Benjamin Payne of Chesham to support children of his son Simpson Payne, in prison for debt page 53
Removal of Mary Holt & family from Hornsey to Dunstable page 54
Thomas Wilds of Luton to be punished for neglecting to support his wife & family page 57-8
John Egerton, of Dunstable, lunatic, had wandered from Houghton Regis Workhouse page 64
Removal order for William Warner from Watford to Streatley page 73
Refusal of out relief for Judy Ebbs residing at Barnet page 82
Refusal of out relief for Frances Green residing at Lacock page 82
Aid to Widow Parkins resideing at Kings Walden page 108
Smallpox vaccinations pages 115-116, 117
Settlement of Widow Ayres page 120
George Hurley of Croydon, lunatic, admitted to Luton Workhouse pages 122, 124
John Sinfield, pauper of Houghton Regis, neglecting to support wife & family page 125-6
Joseph Shepherd of Kensworth, lunatic page 138, 140
William Parsons, pauper of Luton, neglecting to support wife & family page 138, 140
Maintenance of James Maddocks aka James Janes, Dunstable, servant of Mr Hawkins, residing at White hart after sustaining a broken leg page 145, 151
Warrant for apprehension of George Young of Dunstable for deserting his family page 150