Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Dudley Union, Worcestershire, 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 Danks | 12 | 0 | Defective vision | no. |
| James Parker | 5 | 0 | Injury to spine | no. |
| John Lawley | 7 | 0 | Weak minded and old age | no. |
| Joshua Bissell | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Perks | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Chatwin | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Fisher | 9 | 0 | Idiot | natl. school. |
| Joseph Owner | 12 | 0 | Injuries received in the coal mines. | no. |
| David Homes | 7 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
| Benjamin Nock | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | natl. school. |
| Joseph Baker | 6 | 0 | Old age | natl. school. |
| John Morgan | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Thomas Bravery | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | natl. school. |
| William Launders | 9 | 0 | Paralysis | natl. school. |
| Richard Price | 6 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
| Mary Skeldon | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | natl. school. |
| Mary Priest | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Ann Bradley | 7 | 0 | Old age | natl. school. |
| Jane Price | 6 | 0 | Dropsy | no. |
| Susannah Rollason | 6 | 0 | Old age | Baptist school. |
| Mary Mills | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Westwood | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Smart | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Chambers | 8 | 0 | Hernia, &c. | natl. school. |
| Fanny Taylor | 9 | 0 | Weak-minded | no. |
| Phebe Southall | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Southall | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Southall | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Priest | 15 | 0 | Age and infirmity | natl. school. |
| Prudence Attwood | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | natl. school. |
| Mary Lewis | 5 | 0 | Weak-minded | no. |
| Mary Wild | 17 | 0 | Age and infirmity | natl. school. |
| Emma Newton | 5 | 0 | Hysteria | natl. school. |
| Mary Barns | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Royal | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Jemima Cox | 7 | 0 | Hernia, &c. | no. |
| Susannah Williams | 6 | 0 | Old age | natl. school. |
| Ann Thomas | 7 | 0 | Debility and weak-minded | no. |
| Fanny Game | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | natl. school. |
| Lucy Jenkins | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Cresswell | 5 | 6 | Defective vision | day school. |
| Hannah Hill | 19 | 0 | Deformity and weakness | day school. |
| Mary Hepkiss | 5 | 0 | Age and infirmity | natl. school. |
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