Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1838

Commissioners may inspect certain hospitals.

47. The commissioners shall and are hereby authorized from time to time to inspect and examine into the administration of any hospital or infirmary supported in part by grand jury presentments or parliamentary grants, and with the concurrence of the governors of such hospital or infirmary to give such directions for the better and more effective management thereof as the said commissioners shall think fit, and to cause the same to be recorded in the books of such hospital or infirmary.