Who served gruel to the orphans?

The members of the Board at the workhouse guaranteed that the orphans living in the workhouse would receive three meals of gruel per day to be provided by the water-works with whom they were contracted. The master served the gruel, assisted by one or two women.

The room in which the boys were fed, was a large stone hall, with a copper at one end: out of which the master, dressed in an apron for the purpose, and assisted by one or two women, ladled the gruel at mealtimes.