The Workhouse in Barony Glasgow, LanarkshireStaffInmatesRecordsBibliographyLinksAfter the 1. Poor Law Amendment Scotland Act, poor law provision in Glasgow was divided between four parishes Barony, City, Govan and Gorbals. Gorbals never set up a poorhouse and was absorbed by Govan in 1. Glasgows Barony Parish Poorhouse at Barnhill was erected in 1. George Bell andWilliam Clarke. It was described in 1. The poorhouse layout and location are shown in the 1. Barnhill site, 1. Latest breaking news, including politics, crime and celebrity. Find stories, updates and expert opinion. Avaaz is the campaigning community bringing peoplepowered politics to decision making worldwide. The pack includes 4 editor data files as explained below. Start a new game. In case you have more editor data files When setting up a new game, do not have any other. GBCOUNTY/New%20CMS/VistaSuite_Weddingsetup_Wedding_PPN.jpg' alt='Vista Signs Nottingham' title='Vista Signs Nottingham' />In 1. Malcolm MNeill Visiting Officer for the Board of Supervision reported on conditions at Barnhill. The Class C diet he refers to comprised meal and milk for breakfast and supper, and bread and meat broth for dinner. XL.jpg' alt='Vista Signs Nottingham' title='Vista Signs Nottingham' />The House appeared to me clean and orderly throughout. My attention was attracted by the large amount of bread etc. Infirm Wards, and on enquiry I learned that the issue is made but once daily instead of with each separate meal. The Committee should consider this subject and in my opinion should direct the issue of each ration complete at the meal hour, and the removal after a reasonable interval of the unconsumed food. The women in the washhouse still receive tea and bread in addition to class C diet an unnecessary, and in some respects, mischievous indulgence. The diet of the children is wisely varied, and their appearance is satisfactory, but I must still urge the substitution of sweet milk for butter milk in the whole of this class. When the furnishing of the test wards is undertaken I should propose to the Committee the abolition of the double bed to contain mother and child, and the introduction of a small crib for each infant, placed beside, or at the foot of, the mothers bed. According to Barr 1. Barnhill. Able bodied inmates were required to make up 3. Any inmate not producing the stated amount was put on a bread and water diet in solitary confinement for 1. Disorderly conduct such as swearing or breaking of rules, resulted in being put on a diet, excluding milk and buttermilk, for a period of three days. In 1. 90. 4, the Glasgow City and Barony parishes merged. Barnhill was reconstructed and enlarged and the City poorhouse was closed. The existing inmates from City were moved to Barnhill which now became Scotlands largest poorhouse. Barnhill poorhouse from the south west. Heatherbank Museum of Social Work. With the creation of a single poor law authority in Glasgow, three new establishments were built Stobhill Hospital, and the Eastern and Western General Hospitals. These are described on the separate Glasgow City web page. At the end of 1. 90. Barnhill poorhouse found that. The staffing in the infirm departments was inadequate. The administration of the stores department was incompetent and that the steward and his assistant should be dismissed. The day hall was unfit for its purpose. The governor, matron, and medical officer were not working harmoniously if this did not improve, they should be dismissed. The report also noted the discovery that members of the Parish Council visiting the poorhouse had been given lunch, and that during the previous financial year they had consumed 3. During that period 3. In 1. 94. 5, Barnhill was renamed Foresthall Home and Hospital. After the introduction of the National Health Service in 1. It was demolished in 1. The Physiology Of Excellence Download. As well as the Barnhill poorhouse, Barony Parish erected a mental asylum at Woodilee in Lenzie in 1. Records. Note many repositories impose a closure period of up to 1. Glasgow City Archives, The Mitchell Library, 2. North Street, Glasgow G3 7. DN, Scotland. Holdings include Plans of Barnhill poorhouse c. Hans Zimmer Collection Flac Torrent. Abstract of receipts and expenditure of the poors fund 1. General registers of poor 1. Applications for poor relief 1. Reports on poorhouse accommodation 1. Registers of admissions and discharges 1. Register of admissions and dismissals of children 1. Registers of deaths 1. Glaswegiana A Collection of Stories of Glasgow Past and Present by William W Barr Vista, 1. Top of PagePoorhouse ListCounty MapHome PageUnless otherwise indicated, this page is copyright Peter Higginbotham. Contents may not be reproduced without permission. 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