| Description | It is unclear when the General Purposes Committee was created, but it is mentioned within the Guardian's minutes for 1902, when a Committee consisting of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board, along with the chairmen of the seven existing standing committees, was elected at the Guardians' Annual Meeting. (see GP KN/2/1/38) No General Purposes Committee had been formed the previous year, and for 1903 its members are not listed - presumably because it was again formed by the Chairmen and Vice-Chairman of the other committees - but its role is referred to at the Annual Meeting where, 'On the advice of the General Purposes Committee it was Resolved that the several Committees of the Board be constituted as follows,' (see GP KN/2/1/38).
As its name suggests, the General Purposes Committee covered a wide range of areas, generally those that affected the wider Union rather than just an individual workhouse or infirmary. As well as advising the Board as a whole on the formation of the various standing committees, the Committee discussed issues concerning the appointment of Union officials and staff, the collection of rates from each parish, and particular cases involving individual paupers. Only GP KN/2/10/1 is indexed. |