Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Havant Union, Hampshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Rummy | 32 | 0 | Paralysis | |
| Charlotte Pratt | 22 | 0 | Idiot | |
| Ann Royal | 7 | 0 | ditto | |
| Fanny Dent | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| Sophia Veal | 8 | 0 | ditto | |
| Rebecca Cater | 6 | 0 | Age | |
| Hannah Bleach | 16 | 0 | ditto | |
| Mary Ann Seneen | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| James Whale | 13 | 0 | Blind | |
| William Bennett | 6 | 0 | Illness | |
| George Leggett | 17 | 0 | Paralysis | |
| William Snell | 6 | 0 | Blind | |
| William Wells | 6 | 0 | Age | |
| George Garnett | 13 | 0 | Idiot | |
| George Case | 10 | 0 | Lame | |
| Richard Sharp | 8 | 0 | Age |
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