Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Rochford Union, Essex, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rebecca Haylock | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Murrell | 11 | 0 | Idiotic | workhouse school. |
Sarah Green | 15 | 0 | Paralysis | workhouse school. |
John Genry | 10 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
Mary Lester | 20 | 0 | Fits, &c. | no. |
George Moore | 11 | 0 | Scrofula | workhouse school. |
Susan Willison | 20 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Sarah Millbanks | 11 | 0 | ditto | workhouse school. |
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