[from A.M Harrision's Descriptive List of Insular Societies]
A voluntary poor relief co-ordinating body for the town of Ramsey.
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It would appear that Harrison had not done any research into this Society (or Committee) nor into a similar organisation in Castletown - both were established several years prior to the 1875 date - possibly 1875 was that of some newspaper article. The relevant section of the 1879 Medical Aid and Poor Relief Commission report gives considerably more information
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