Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Camberwell Parish, Surrey, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Bagley | 10 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Delafield | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Field | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Gardner | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henrietta Holden | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Maria Haimes | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Holding | 20 | 0 | Paralysis and old age | no. |
| Mary Holding | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Hinton | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Jackson | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Thomas Kelly | 18 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Hannah Lambird | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriett Lever | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Michael Nemo | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Bartholomew Newman | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Snelling | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Waller | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Whittaker | 10 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Elizabeth Wood | 24 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Susan Humphries | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Susan Hasler | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Elizabeth Smith | 6 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
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