Bridget Barry Workhouse Admission

There is a record of Bridget’s admission to Woolaston House Workhouse Infirmary on February 6th 1914. At that time she was around 70 years and a widow. There is no specific information as to why she was admitted but she is classed as 4A for dietary purposes and this was apparently for women too infirm to work.

There is another entry a year later on July 6th, 1915 in the Discharge Register, where her reason for discharged is listed as “Dead” and noting, poignantly, that her last meal was breakfast.

Her death certificate, witnessed by her niece, gives the cause of death as Pthithis, now known as Tuberculosis.

Gwent, Wales, Workhouse Registers, 1833-1957

Name:	Bridget Barry
Gender:	Female
Admission Age:	74
Record Type:	Admission
Birth Date:	1840
Admission Date:	6 Feb 1914
Residence Place:	Wales, Newport – Woolaston House
Spouse:	Patrick Barry

Admission

Date	Monday July 6th 1914
Next Meal after Admission	S
Name	Barry, Bridget
Calling, if any	Widow of Patrick Barry, Dock Labourer
Religious Persuasion	R.C.
When Born	1840
Class for Diet	Women  Infirm Diet  4 &4A
Parish from which admitted	Newport
By whose order admitted	Styles
Date of the order of admission	July 6th

Discharge

Date	Monday July 28th 1914
Last Meal before Discharge	B
Name	Barry, Bridget
Age	72
Class for Diet	Women  Infirm Diet  4 &4A
How Discharged	Dead
Parish from which admitted	Newport