Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Dudley Union, Worcestershire, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Danks | 12 | 0 | Defective vision | no. |
James Parker | 5 | 0 | Injury to spine | no. |
John Lawley | 7 | 0 | Weak minded and old age | no. |
Joshua Bissell | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
William Perks | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Chatwin | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Joseph Fisher | 9 | 0 | Idiot | natl. school. |
Joseph Owner | 12 | 0 | Injuries received in the coal mines. | no. |
David Homes | 7 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
Benjamin Nock | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | natl. school. |
Joseph Baker | 6 | 0 | Old age | natl. school. |
John Morgan | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Thomas Bravery | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | natl. school. |
William Launders | 9 | 0 | Paralysis | natl. school. |
Richard Price | 6 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
Mary Skeldon | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | natl. school. |
Mary Priest | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
Ann Bradley | 7 | 0 | Old age | natl. school. |
Jane Price | 6 | 0 | Dropsy | no. |
Susannah Rollason | 6 | 0 | Old age | Baptist school. |
Mary Mills | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Ann Westwood | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Emma Smart | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Chambers | 8 | 0 | Hernia, &c. | natl. school. |
Fanny Taylor | 9 | 0 | Weak-minded | no. |
Phebe Southall | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Southall | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Southall | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Priest | 15 | 0 | Age and infirmity | natl. school. |
Prudence Attwood | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | natl. school. |
Mary Lewis | 5 | 0 | Weak-minded | no. |
Mary Wild | 17 | 0 | Age and infirmity | natl. school. |
Emma Newton | 5 | 0 | Hysteria | natl. school. |
Mary Barns | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Royal | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Jemima Cox | 7 | 0 | Hernia, &c. | no. |
Susannah Williams | 6 | 0 | Old age | natl. school. |
Ann Thomas | 7 | 0 | Debility and weak-minded | no. |
Fanny Game | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | natl. school. |
Lucy Jenkins | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Sarah Cresswell | 5 | 6 | Defective vision | day school. |
Hannah Hill | 19 | 0 | Deformity and weakness | day school. |
Mary Hepkiss | 5 | 0 | Age and infirmity | natl. school. |
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