The religious order that ran the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home
reported significantly higher numbers of infant deaths to state
inspectors than it recorded privately.
An Irish Examiner investigation can reveal that between March 31, 1939, and December 5, 1944, Department of Local Government and Public Health (DLGPH) inspector Alice Litster was informed that 353 infant deaths occurred at the institution. The figures are contained in a inspection report from 1944 obtained by this newspaper. However, the Bessborough Death Register, released under Freedom of Information, reveals the nuns recorded just 273 infant deaths in this period — a discrepancy of 80.
https://conallofatharta.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/order-reported-80-more-infant-deaths-to-state-than-were-on-death-register/
An Irish Examiner investigation can reveal that between March 31, 1939, and December 5, 1944, Department of Local Government and Public Health (DLGPH) inspector Alice Litster was informed that 353 infant deaths occurred at the institution. The figures are contained in a inspection report from 1944 obtained by this newspaper. However, the Bessborough Death Register, released under Freedom of Information, reveals the nuns recorded just 273 infant deaths in this period — a discrepancy of 80.
https://conallofatharta.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/order-reported-80-more-infant-deaths-to-state-than-were-on-death-register/
