Abbreviation for 'Condition' in a Workhouse Infirmary

[Stirrick]

I have someone who was in-and-out of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Workhouse Infirmary from 1921-1923.

On their admission records, their 'Condition' is serially abbreviated as 'A1', 'A2', 'B2' and '6'.

Does anyone have any ideas what these abbreviations mean ?

[Christine53]

It seems to be to do with entitlement to food , an extra meal being given to some categories who worked :

https://www.workhouses.org.uk/life/food.shtml

Scroll down the page to the Table.

[Stirrick]

That's very good, Christine, but no cigar. 

Sorry - my fault.
I should have posted the page I had from the Creed Books.
'Condition' appears to relate to the physical condition of the inmates.

So there's "xmty", which appears to be x-maternity.
And we have "Ind" ?
As well as "16", "B1", "B2" ...

I looked on-line for a contemporary guide to the abbreviations, but couldn't find anything that looked in any way relevant.

And the records I'm interested in relate to a woman and her illegitimate child.

[Bookbox]

'Condition' appears to relate to the physical condition of the inmates.

So there's "xmty", which appears to be x-maternity.
And we have "Ind" ?
As well as "16", "B1", "B2" ...

Not the inmates' physical condition, nor the class for diet. The column has been 're-purposed'. It lists the names/numbers of the various wards of the institution in which each inmate was housed. So you have x-maternity, Isol (= isolation, not Ind), B1, B2 etc.

[Stirrick]

How on earth did you know that ?!

So presumably Christine was correct in what the column SHOULD have been used for. But you just happened to know - despite much of the terminology overlapping - that it was ACTUALLY being used for something else.

Fantastic. Thank you very much.

[Andrew Tarr]

I thought that 100 years ago 'Condition' often meant single, married, widowed, etc ?  Which clearly is not the case here.   Incidentally, the top line in the image reads 'Louis.' - what might that be ?  And two lines read 'Isol.' whose meaning is clear.

[Bookbox]

Incidentally, the top line in the image reads 'Louis.' - what might that be ?

This child (in the top line) was discharged to the Cottage Homes. Louis. is probably short for Louisville, one of the houses associated with the Cottage Homes in Ponteland – see the memoir posted near the foot of this page:

https://www.workhouses.org.uk/NewcastleUponTyne/