| Description | The Removal and Revision Committee was created in 1885, as a successor to the Poor Removal Committee. The Board saw two main problems with providing indoor relief: firstly, those women and children who had been forced to seek refuge there, because of the desertion of their husbands and parents, and secondly, those inmates who were charged to Aston, but were in fact the responsibility of another Union. In both instances, the Board saw funds needlessly spent, and the committee was set up to tackle these problems. Its aim, set down in a report to the Board by the Call-Over Committee, was to 'meet every alternate Tuesday and examine every pauper gaining admission into the Workhouse during the previous fortnight who are able to appear before them, and to give instructions as to their remaining in the house or otherwise' (see GP AS/2/1/33). Furthermore, warrants were to be issued for the deserters' apprehension, whilst other appropriate steps would be taken to ensure paupers from other Unions were correctly charged to it.
The volumes contain references to individual cases, stating the name and age of the inmates, the Committee's recommendations to the Board regarding the settlement of individuals either in Aston Union or elsewhere, and the issuing of warrants for those deserting their families. Frequent references are made to the Board's dealings with other Unions. The volumes are indexed. |