Long-term Workhouse Inmates Chelsea in St Luke's, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Anson | 21 | 0 | Infirmity and old age | no. |
| James Anton | 5 | 6 | Blind | no. |
| Peter Brooks | 8 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
| Thomas Clothier | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Carr | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Evans | 5 | 0 | Crippled hand | no. |
| Edward Foster | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Fell | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| William Fox | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Green | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Gutteridge | 10 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Edward Hill | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Joseph House | 10 | 0 | Weak sight | no. |
| John Hedges | 7 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Lamb | 7 | 0 | Age | no. |
| James Maich | 7 | 0 | Age and weak sight | no. |
| Anthony Millench | 11 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Henry Meggison | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Henry Orme | 24 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| William Proctor | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Rowleyson | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Rush | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Alexander Thompson | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Handscomb | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Welltam | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Charles Wilkins | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Watts | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Atkinson | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Austin | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Theresa Alsop | 22 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Mary Butler | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Berry | 9 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Phoebe Beasley | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Judith Bates | 5 | 0 | Nearly blind | no. |
| Eliza Broad | 14 | 0 | Age, afflicted with lupus | no. |
| Emma Chittock | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Cook | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Eliza Collard | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes, for some time |
| Alice Clark | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Sarah French | 9 | 0 | Disturbed intellect | no. |
| Esther Groom | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Maria Hughes | 9 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Eliza Hockey | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Hockey | 15 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Rebecca Hensley | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary A. Humphreys | 11 | 0 | Crippled hand | no. |
| Mary Hickson | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Herbert | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Betsy Johnson | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Knott | 9 | 0 | Afflicted with St. Vitus's dance | no. |
| Margaret Littlefer | 6 | 0 | Affliction | no. |
| Margaret Lawson | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sophia Luther | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Annie Layle | 7 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Maria McMullins | 13 | 0 | Crippled hand, and old age | no. |
| Catherine Newton | 20 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Parry | 23 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Pitt | 9 | 0 | Old ago and infirmity | no. |
| Eliza Ray | 5 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes, for some time |
| Mary Ann Rowe | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Smith | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Turner | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Vincent | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Wickor | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ann Woodstock | 20 | 0 | Old age and blind | no. |
| Sarah Willis | 20 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Sarah Wilkins | 20 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Young | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| David Raw | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Harold | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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