Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Driffield Union, East Riding of Yorkshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dale | 17 | 0 | Incontinence of urine | workh. school. |
| Richard Burgess | 20 | 0 | Scrofulous | workh. school. |
| Jane Smith | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Potter | 10 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Dandy | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Ann Dixon | 5 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| Mary Trussell | 19 | 0 | Scrofulous | workh. school. |
| Arthur Myers | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Escritt | 22 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Richard Pearson | 12 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| John Sutton | 22 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
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