In direct contravention of allegations of ‘dying rooms’ and deliberate starvation, a Tuam Herald report in 1949 on the Inspection of the home, says that “they found everything in very good order and congratulated the sisters on the excellent conditions in their Institution”. An earlier Board of Health report in 1935, says that “Tuam is one of the best managed institutions in the country”. In 1944, the Matron requested that all occupants were immunised against Diphtheria.It was also recommended that vaccines for whooping cough were supplied... In 1950 a programme of improvements to the building was proposed to the Committee however these were never carried out due to costs. The home finally closed due to dilapidation in 1961 after the £90,000 proposed extension was instead used to carry out improvements on the nursing home run by the sisters."
The paragraph immediately following your cite is far less flattering as is the article as a whole, and some of the reader comments at the end are absolutely eye-popping. There are no records of burial or interment of any kind for the almost 800 children in question. This leaves one to speculate, just how were the bodies of these unfortunate children disposed of, who died at a rate four to five times higher than in Ireland as a whole? Where did they go, if not into that septic tank?
You church has wonderful teachings about the value and dignity of all humans. These teachings were clearly not applied in the administration of this institution.
So why are you defending these women?