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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Petworth Union, Sussex, 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.

NameYrsms.ReasonSchool
Moses Miles50Failing eye-sightno.
Thomas Lucas60Infirmno.
Sophia Watkins120dittono.
Edward Lindfield250Weak intellectno.
Thomas Penfold50dittono.
Sampson Voice80Crippleno.
George Balchin180Infirmno.
Ann Lucas160Bad legdist. school.
William Johnson150Infirmno.
James Puttick80dittono.
Francis Moore70dittono.
Sarah Standing50dittono.
William Jenner50dittono.

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