Long-term Workhouse Inmates in East London Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Arnold | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Andrews | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| John Bradshaw | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Thomas Bartlett | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Charles Benbow | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Heaseman Britten | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Bennett | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Barton | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Barnfield | 9 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
| William Bierton | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Thomas Burry | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Michael Cushen | 5 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Michael Cusack | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Crawford | 9 | 0 | Lameness (one leg) | yes. |
| William Colley | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| William Cooper | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Chapman | 6 | 0 | Subject to epilepsy | no. |
| William Charlton | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Walter Day | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Evans | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Fraser | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Patrick Fox | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Green | 10 | 0 | Deformed | no. |
| William Gussen | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jeremiah Gardner | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Hare | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Humm | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Hemmings | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Henry | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Hughes | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hollis | 8 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| George Jackson | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Lobley | 5 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| John Lester | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Samuel Matthews | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James McKay | 7 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| William Norgate | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Patton | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Richard Pye | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Payne | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| John Pearse | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Edward Pratt | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Price | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Royal | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Michael Ryan | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Reddington | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Patrick Shaunessey | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Thomas Stevens | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| John Bernard Saunders | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Sutton | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Dennis White | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Ward | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| George Wooley | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Richard Wall | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Henry White | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Charles Yeaton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Adams | 6 | 0 | Deaf | no. |
| Mary Booth | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Beck | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Bowman | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Bull | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane Carroll | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Winnifred Conolly | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Anna Clegg | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Collins | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Cousins | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Drew | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Driscoll | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Denman | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Demar | 9 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Mary Durkin | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Elmes | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Maria Ellis | 8 | 0 | Dropsical | no. |
| Frances Edwards | 16 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Field | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Ann Fielder | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Farroll | 9 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Dorothy Green | 6 | o | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Gregory | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Gussen | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Maria Harrold | 17 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Hillman | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
| Ann Hawkins | 7 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
| Maria Higgs | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Sarah Higgs | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Hunt | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Jane Hancock | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Jane Heather | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ann Hunt | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Ann Jepsom | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Susan Jiggett | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Ann King | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Kelly | 5. | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Catherine Long | 20 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Charlotte Leman | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Mason | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Catherine Mahoney | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Morgan | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Eliza McNeil | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Catherine Montague | 60 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Moncey | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Moss | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rachel Nathan | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Elizabeth Nichols | 5 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
| Harriet Palmer | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Pearson | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Patrick | 10 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Mary Quince | 5 | 0 | Old age, 97 years | no. |
| Elizabeth Stewart | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Steadman | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Eliza Sharp | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Hannah Smith | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Susan Smith | 18 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
| Catherine Sullivan | 6 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Sophia Toft | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Tucker | 10 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Jane Thompson | 20 | 0 | Old age, 93 years | no. |
| Sarah Tunnell | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Taylor | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Trusty | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
| Mary Treacher | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Udell | 11 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
| Sarah Warrington | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Watts | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Louisa White | 15 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Ann Wilcox | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Martha Willis | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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