Entry from Workhouse admission and discharge registers, Aug 1878 – Feb 1883 (HH 21/1, East Sussex Record Office)
HASTINGS UNION.ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE BOOK.
No. 21. - London KNIGHT and Co, 99 Fleet Street.
Day of the Month.Day of the week.
1880
Next Meal after Admission.Name. Calling, if any.Religious Persuasion.When Born. Class for Diet.*No. affixed to the Pauper's Clothes. Parish from which Admitted.†By whose Order Admitted.Date of the Order of Admission. If born in the House Name of Parent.Observations on Condition at the time of Admission, and any other General Remarks.
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[1880 Sep] 17 Fri S Phillips John Shoemaker [E C] 1817 1 St Mary E.A RO [Sep] 17
* The columns "Class for Diet." are to be filled up by the figure 1. The Classes should correspond with the Classes of the Diet Table in use in the Workhouse. The Colums 4a and 8a are for the Children.
† Unless the Guardians require the Vagrants to be entered to another book, the word "Vagrant" must be entered in this column against every person admitted as a Vagrant instead of the name of the Parish.