At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Dudley, convened by the
Mayor (EDWARD TERRY, Esq.,) in compliance with a respectably
signed requisition, held at the Town Hall, the 8th day of
October, 1849, "to take into consideration the confined
situation of the present Poor House, and the necessity that
exists for the adoption of measures without delay for its
removal to a more open and healthy site."
_Resolved_,--On the motion of THOMAS BADGER, Esq., _seconded_
by C. F. HEWITT, Esq., "That it is the opinion of this Meeting
that the present Workhouse in Dudley is in a most inconvenient
and objectionable situation, being too confined, and being
too much in the midst of the population of the Town, and that
during this period of pestilence it is (as on former occasions
it has been) fraught with the utmost danger alike to the
inmates, and to the inhabitants; and moreover, that it is the
opinion of this Meeting that the situation of the premises does
not admit of the said Workhouse being enlarged or improved."
_Resolved:_--On the motion of Mr. JOHN VAUGHAN, _seconded_ by
Mr. THOMAS WOOD, "That this Meeting be adjourned until Monday,
October the 22nd inst., at eleven o'clock, to afford time for
further consideration of the subject; and that Messrs. C. F.
Hewitt, John Marsh, William Bourne, C. F. G. Clark, Fisher
Smith, Alexander Patterson, J. Bateman, and J. C. Cooke, be
appointed a Committee to collect information as to the probable
cost of erecting a suitable Workhouse for the Dudley Union, and
to report on the probable value of the present Workhouses."
_Signed_,
EDWARD TERRY,
Chairman.
_October 8th, 1849._
It is wise and prudent at times to look within ones-self and "try to
see ourselves as others see us;" thus the subjoined public views of
"Curiosities of Dudley" will illustrate this point.
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