Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Canterbury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Pout | 20 | 0 | Afflicted with palsy, and idiotcy | no. |
| Mary Blake | 20 | 0 | Want of employment and without means | no. |
| Sarah Bligh | 25 | 0 | Imbecility of mind | no. |
| Mary Brown | 25 | 0 | Want of employment and of intemperate habits | no. |
| Mary Lenoy | 40 | 0 | Inability to maintain herself | no. |
| William Gardner | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Iggulden | 16 | 0 | Idiotic and dumb | no. |
| Charlotte Willard | 16 | 0 | Mental aberration, rendering her unable to get her livelihood | no. |
| Thomas Hollands | 16 | 0 | A cripple, and incapable of maintaining himself. | workh. school. |
| Hope White | 16 | 0 | Afflicted with epilepsy | no. |
| William Spicer | 11 | 0 | Subject to epilepsy and of intemperate habits | no. |
| John Tate | 12 | 0 | Want of employment and of intemperate habits | no. |
| Dinah Collis | 9 | 0 | Old age and incapable of employment. | no. |
| Sarah Hornewood | 12 | 0 | Want of employment | no. |
| Elizabeth Bennett | 12 | 0 | Mental aberration | no. |
| Mary Johnson | 11 | 0 | Old age and incapable of employment | no. |
| Alfred Cross | 15 | 0 | Want of employment, &c. | no. |
| Robert Bourne | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Compton | 10 | 0 | Want of employment and afflicted with rheumatism | no. |
| Elizabeth Rogers | 8 | 0 | Incapable of maintaining herself | no. |
| John Eves | 9 | 0 | Old age and incapable of employment | no. |
| Charles Boree | 8 | 0 | Want of employment and intemperance | no. |
| Sarah Quigley | 6 | 0 | Old age and intemperance | no. |
| Elizabeth Larmer | 5 | 6 | Old age and inability to work | no. |
| Thomas Denne | 5 | 6 | Afflicted with epilepsy and inability to maintain himself | no. |
| John Stanworth | 5 | 6 | Want of employment and of intemperate habits | no. |
| Frances Foulsey | 5 | 0 | Old age and incapable of employment | no. |
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