Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bromley Union, Kent, 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 Borer | 20 | 10 | Age and bad eyesight | no. |
| Elizabeth Humphrey | 10 | 7 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Maria Morris | 15 | 2 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Richard Sales | Admitted before the union | Idiotic, unable to take care of himself. | dist. school. | |
| Thomas Barton | 13 | 6 | Age and infirmity | dist. school. |
| Martha Sloper | 6 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Tremain | 14 | 2 | ditto | not known. |
| John Powell | 7 | 6 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| John Battersbee | 13 | 9 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Barnet | 14 | 9 | Idiotic, unable to take care of herself. | workh. school. |
| James Honey | 9 | 9 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| William Knight | 5 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Betsy Wood | 6 | 3 | Scrofula | no. |
| George Brown | 4 | 10 | Idiot | not known. |
| Eliza Hough | 5 | 1 | Ulcerated foot | no. |
| James Back | 15 | 3 | Weak in body and mind | workh. school. |
| Amy Humphrey | 9 | 7 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Smith | 14 | 7 | Idiot | not known. |
| Lydia Swan | 5 | 9 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| John Child | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Child | 12 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Charles Mitchell | 9 | 0 | Age and infirmity | not known. |
| John Mills | 4 | 11 | Age and ulcerated legs | dist. school. |
| James Crundell | Admitted before the union | Blind | no. |
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