British Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
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Name:Bloemfontein RC
Type:white
Location:Orange River Colony
Date open:01/03/1901
Date open (general):Before March 1901
Date closed:03/01/1903
Date closed (general):22/11/1902
Rations:15/2/1901: For native refugees: Natives over 12 years of age: Daily: 1½ lbs either mealies, K/corn, unsifted meal or mealie meal; ¼ oz salt; Weekly: 1 lb fresh or tinned meat; ½ coffee; 2 oz sugar - all but the corn to cost 4½d per ration. See Asam%>
Notes:6/12/1902: Camp to be closed about 20 December; remaining refugees sent to Springfontein and Brandfort. There are many duplicate entries in these registers. My impression is that a second set of entries was made about a year after the first as in these instances people who have died are absent and the inmates are consistently entered as a year older. From internal evidence on deaths it would appear that the re-entries were done sometime after Feb 1902.%>
Unique ID:136